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rudyeng
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Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:40 pm Posts: 596
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 broken belt
Belt broke yesterday while in hunting. Sucked had to row out. Took me 6 hours. Anyways. What causes a belt to break ?
I may have had a lot of tension on it but not 100% sure how much tension/flex its supposed to have.
Any ideas ? Thank you.
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:54 am |
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WestEndAngler
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Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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 Re: broken belt
Some more details like what brand motor would help those that have knowledge on each motor comment on your post.
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:45 am |
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rudyeng
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Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:40 pm Posts: 596
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 Re: broken belt
Found the problem.
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:54 am |
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craig
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:53 pm Posts: 7515 Location: Chauvin
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 Re: broken belt
That'll do it.
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:59 am |
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msm8281
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:09 am |
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4Cody4
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:21 am Posts: 2530 Location: Land of 10,000 Lakes
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 Re: broken belt
Shit
Sent using my bag phone
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:15 am |
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Old School
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:44 pm Posts: 3067 Location: Earth
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 Re: broken belt
What brand of motor is it
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:59 am |
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WestEndAngler
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Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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 Re: broken belt
Damn that's some bad luck right there!
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:21 pm |
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CCC
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:25 am Posts: 1685
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 Re: broken belt
How did that get in there? Lol
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:22 pm |
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dguidry
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm Posts: 11166 Location: Cecilia, LA
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 Re: broken belt
Epic paddling adventure. No one came along to help?
_________________ Formerly:1648 Homemade Cypress Crawfish Skiff GTR23 Performance Cam and Heads; 17x46 Gator Tail with 35GTR and Hoyt's cam;s Currently: 17x48 Gator Tail with XD40 EFI. “Wisdom is not just expertise. It is knowing how much of various areas of expertise you need to know in order to make the decisions that the world needs and that you want to do,” Columbia University President Lee Bollinger.
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:37 pm |
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rudyeng
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Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:40 pm Posts: 596
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 Re: broken belt
I was in a remote back area. Did the ole 3 shots rescue to try and get someone’s attention but no luck. Only option was self rescue.
I kayaked the majority of my life so the paddling was ok for me. The polling in the grass/vegetation was the killer. Spent 4 hours polling since I lost my original trail. Also need glasses to read the GPS and they kept fogging. Hard to find a bearing with a gps when moving slow. I’m going to add a compass.
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dguidry
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm Posts: 11166 Location: Cecilia, LA
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 Re: broken belt
_________________ Formerly:1648 Homemade Cypress Crawfish Skiff GTR23 Performance Cam and Heads; 17x46 Gator Tail with 35GTR and Hoyt's cam;s Currently: 17x48 Gator Tail with XD40 EFI. “Wisdom is not just expertise. It is knowing how much of various areas of expertise you need to know in order to make the decisions that the world needs and that you want to do,” Columbia University President Lee Bollinger.
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:22 pm |
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mud slinger 69
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:27 pm Posts: 1194 Location: Utah
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 Re: broken belt
So as asked before. How did it get in the belt box ??
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Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:16 am |
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Stack
MMT Member
Joined: Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:33 pm Posts: 48 Location: Irmo, SC
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 Re: broken belt
What make you running?
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Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:17 am |
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rudyeng
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Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:40 pm Posts: 596
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 Re: broken belt
Dixie. But i modified the cover to insert the blind post on the outside face. Did this so the blind would cover the motor and the boat.
Shooting off the starboard side recoiled off the blind. Must have fallen between the muffler and carb box. My belt cover has a small open area in front/top.
I tend to angle my motor at the blind to give me more room inside the boat. It must have vibrated in time towards the opening.
I since covered the opening 100%.
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Tue Dec 25, 2012 7:54 am |
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