eye bolt adjust in variator springs

in the manual picture on the goldcorpmine web site the distance the eyebolt should be threaded into the spring is marked as 5 on the right and the distance is missing on the left and it appears to be measured to a different point. any help?? thanks c.s.

i guess i should have said its the fifth manual listed and on page 35 of the pdf file

hope some one can second my opinion my guess is that the demention is the same wich is why they didn't show one on the other side

It should be the same. What really matters is that once the Variator is completely assembled, and the steering wheel is exactly centered, the belt is parallel to itself and the belt is riding on equal size chives. Due to discrepancies in the castings, especially the ones for the bearing that press on the chives, they rarely are at exactly the same number of turns. Once you get the settings right it is from that point on that one needs to always do the tension adjustments with turning Both the Upper and the Lower adjuster the same amount. Both a quarter turn or both a half turn at a time. Failure to do it this way results in the machine turning well in one direction, and not in the opposite direction. It's all detailed in the section on rebuilding the Variator.
It's fairly common for people to adjust only the upper one, as it's easy to get at. It's pretty much a "dead-give-away" when the machine is going straight, and the wheel is not centered that this has been done.

clhsmith said:

in the manual picture on the goldcorpmine web site the distance the eyebolt should be threaded into the spring is marked as 5 on the right and the distance is missing on the left and it appears to be measured to a different point. any help?? thanks c.s.

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goldcorpmine web site? can you post the linc?

if you go to the snowcat history threads and click on the 4th one down"manuals".then click on the 8th file - thenclick on the 5th file then go to page 35 inthis file you will see the diagram i am describeing. the http address does not seem to get you there. the 2 measurements cant be the same as they are obviosly measured from different points.however after lyndons explanation it is probably irrelevant.as for the fina adjustments i have read all lyndons threads which are very good. thanks for the help.

clhsmith said:

in the manual picture on the goldcorpmine web site the distance the eyebolt should be threaded into the spring is marked as 5 on the right and the distance is missing on the left and it appears to be measured to a different point. any help?? thanks c.s.

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Here is a clip from page 22 of a manual called the "SNOW-TRAC Instruction book" that shows the missing dimensions.