hi,
So i painted my snow trac, now its ready only new seatcovers inside.
I even got it roadregisterd ! i am the only one in finland with a thing like this with a licenceplate !
I had some problems with the variator.
The disksurface was totaly rusted and made big damage to the belt.
So i took the variator in pieces and with a beltsander i cleaned the disks.
Then i put the new belt and put everything nicely back in.
But now what ? it did not steer no more !! only a little if i was driving backwards.
So now i decide to read about the belt and variator in the forum.
This is what i should have done before taking my variator in pieces.
When i took the variator out, the eyebolt from the upper arms was so loose that it made a few turns.
I did not care, i just twisted it back a couple turns.
After reading i understand that this was not so wise.
My whole variator is now out of spec.
I took the variator out again and compressed the springs from both arms till they where the same lenght.
Then i put the variator back in again.
The belt was a bit tight, so i drove a few meters to check and compressed the nuts even more.
i drove again and wonderwell, it works! only the circle seems a bit big, maybe now the belt is too loose.
anyway, now i know a little more about the variator.
my next project is to build the sleigh.
i will put some pictures of the proces.
dirk
So i painted my snow trac, now its ready only new seatcovers inside.
I even got it roadregisterd ! i am the only one in finland with a thing like this with a licenceplate !
I had some problems with the variator.
The disksurface was totaly rusted and made big damage to the belt.
So i took the variator in pieces and with a beltsander i cleaned the disks.
Then i put the new belt and put everything nicely back in.
But now what ? it did not steer no more !! only a little if i was driving backwards.
So now i decide to read about the belt and variator in the forum.
This is what i should have done before taking my variator in pieces.
When i took the variator out, the eyebolt from the upper arms was so loose that it made a few turns.
I did not care, i just twisted it back a couple turns.
After reading i understand that this was not so wise.
My whole variator is now out of spec.
I took the variator out again and compressed the springs from both arms till they where the same lenght.
Then i put the variator back in again.
The belt was a bit tight, so i drove a few meters to check and compressed the nuts even more.
i drove again and wonderwell, it works! only the circle seems a bit big, maybe now the belt is too loose.
anyway, now i know a little more about the variator.
my next project is to build the sleigh.
i will put some pictures of the proces.
dirk