installing new belt drive

[gamma500]

Any short cuts on installing a new belt drive on a Taishan Sport 50?

Looks like you have to remove the clutch and/or the variator?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Lee

[ally1756]

nah u dont you just have to be pretty harsh with it, not too harsh or youll damage the belt

[gamma500]

So it should stretch over both pulleys then?

[ally1756]

you'll need to remvoe the variator, sorry but the clutch etc can stay where they are,

[~ Gaz ~]

make sure u dont need to replace parts in the variator eg the rollers, my belt went last week n ive been without my lil scooter all week : ( Its at a garage as i dnt have a impact wrench, but im waiting for new rollers to arrive, they dont seem to be coming as as its pay on delivery i dno wheter they will! I mite just get some off scooter assasigns but im not too sure,

~ Gaz ~

[blubayou]

Gaz,

If you're after rollers, get them from Beespeed, you'll have them in a couple of days, their sevice is excellent plus of course they are UK based. Scooter Assassins take weeks.

[tls2571]

The hard part is getting the rear pulley to open up to get the belt in. Is what I do is with the left hand try to pull it open while simoteounslly using a large flathead screwdriver on the right. Once it is open you can release the screwdriver and insert the belt giving more than enough slack to go over the pulley sleeve. Very difficult the first couple of times, then you realize how it works.

Troy

[tls2571]

That contra spring can be a B#$%H.

Troy