Tech Articles

Cracked Clutch Cover on Your Can-Am Maverick X3...

A clutch cover is not cosmetic. Once it cracks, sand and mud get into the sheaves and start destroying belts. Here is why X3 covers break and what to do...

Your Polaris RZR Pro R Makes More Power Than An...

The Pro R stacks horsepower, RPM, torque, and weight onto one rubber belt. Here is why a general-purpose replacement is the wrong call, and what a purpose-built Pro R belt...

Guessing Why Your UTV Keeps Eating Belts? Put a...

Belt failure is almost always a heat story, and heat is the one variable most riders never actually measure. A belt temp gauge turns "it just blew again" into data...

Working Your Polaris Ranger 1000 SOHC Hard? The...

The Ranger 1000 SOHC uses a belt all its own, and the XP part number won't do. Here's why the non-XP Ranger is hard on belts and what a stronger...

Rebuilding a Can-Am Primary Clutch? The One-Way...

The one-way bearing in a Can-Am primary clutch is a specialty part with a specialty lubricant. Using the wrong grease is a quiet way to ruin a rebuild you just...

Kawasaki Ridge Screaming at Cruise Speed and Co...

If your Kawasaki Ridge sits at high RPM at cruise and eats belts, the primary may be running out of travel before the shift is done. An overdrive clutch cover...