I broke the belt in my GD. Tried some Afro engineering. Didn't work. I will be keeping duck tape in my boat from now on. Along with maybe a needle an thread..

Wow 2 in less than a month!! Reliability!! Ok

On a side note only thing good about that pic is the Gatortail sticker lol

I had that happen i used a lil strap i mean tee tiny it worked sure beats waiting for some one

makes me think I should probably carry an extra belt with my GD... how many hours did you have on the original belt before it blew up?

I don't know exact. I put 100 hard hours on it. And I ran the belt against the frame for almost an hour. But I was running a sand/rock/gravel river (the brazos) and had hit something HARD and maybe ten min later I was cutting over some shallows (6") that had some larger rocks scattered throughout and caught one. And that was all she wrote. Enjoyed about a 5 hour float downstream though!

whats that pvc thing in the front of ur boat?m

Radio

is that a large toolbox i see? very nice very nice

Black is the tool box. Red is the more important icechest

Whow........hope dat don't never happen to me cause I'll likley be 80 miles from the boat launch and nuttin in between. Guess I'll throw a roll of ducktape in da boat. Duckdon

Wrapping the rope around each pulley two or three times would have worked.

I bought an extra belt and did a run through of what it would take to change it. All you do is take off the bottom pulley with 4 bolts, put the new belt on, and tighten the 4 bolts back down. You may also need to adjust the tension.

In all, it takes a socket wrench, a pair of vise grips, and maybe 30 minutes if your drunk.

This is a interesting thread!! BBb so you practice changing belts on a motor that is unbreakable!! Lol

Bahahahaha! I thought the same thing when the tool box came up!

Anyone found a cheaper place to get GD belts from??

BBb sure you did!! Reason I got 2 motors is cause we shoot slot of fish one just didn't cut it any more!! Ass wipe !! As for as the broken belt issue if he can't get a belt changed in 2 weeks he's as dumb as you!! If in fact he broke one!!

Anyone thought of carrying one of these? Might get you out of a bind, I have used them just never on a SD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001UXK1YG

I am sure you could fun cheaper ones that is the first one tht came up. I get in some pretty secluded places by myself do I wouldn't mind spend it.

Even better-

http://www.drivebelt911.com/

About 2 weeks late doing the impossible

Dammit man. Mine was at least a clean break! I still think duct tape would get you back to the boat ramp.... Have you found a cheaper place to get the belts? I found some on amazon for 64 plus 10 shipping...