By David Keeso on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Recently, I was driving my ARGO 8x8 and something started hitting the firewall. I took it back to the garage and took a look. The belt was shreaded to pieces and caught everywhere. It was hitting the exhause manifold and getting cut. How do I fix this?

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

buy a new belt, when putting it on put it over the motor clutch, then put it in nuetral and roll the driven clutch around till the belt pops on. make sure you buy the right belt also. If the belt was hitting anything before it started to shred,you had the wrong belt.

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

buy a new belt, when putting it on put it over the motor clutch, then put it in nuetral and roll the driven clutch around till the belt pops on. make sure you buy the right belt also. If the belt was hitting anything before it started to shred,you had the wrong belt.

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

buy a new belt, when putting it on put it over the motor clutch, then put it in nuetral and roll the driven clutch around till the belt pops on. make sure you buy the right belt also. If the belt was hitting anything before it started to shred,you had the wrong belt.

By argogeru on Unrecorded Date: Edit

buy a new belt, when putting it on put it over the motor clutch, then put it in nuetral and roll the driven clutch around till the belt pops on. make sure you buy the right belt also. If the belt was hitting anything before it started to shred,you had the wrong belt.

By Gord on Unrecorded Date: Edit

If you buy the ARGO replacement belt the length will be correct. I've replaced the belt on my Vanguard with the Briggs 16HP engine and have discovered that it is the same part number used on my new 8x8 Conquest. Using an aftermarket belt might work but be careful to choose one of the same length and belt-side taper angle. For the cost involved, I recommend the original ARGO belt be replaced with the proper ARGO part.

If you've used the correct belt then you may have a problem with the set up of your driven clutch. The belt should not ride up any more than 1/16th of an inch from the top of the driven clutch ( adjacent the transmission) when at full throttle. This can be checked carefully while the transmission is in neutral and the firewall removed to give full view of the belt travel. If the shims between the clutch plates have been removed or not set properly after a poor rebuild, then the belt will ride up too far on the driven clutch. This however should only be checked by a competent clutch builder.

Last but not least, the object that the belt is coming into contact with may be too close to the belt drive assembly. Ensure the muffler guard is correctly installed and secured. You may have to compare your machine to another to satisfy yourself that your own muffler guard is correctly installed.

Good Luck