drive belt housing question...

HSPREE86 · Post by **HSPREE86** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:02 am

i was wondering if i could try my spree without the drive belt housing on....will anything fall out while its all turning or is it ok if i leave it off to try it?

-aL- · Post by **-aL-** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:19 am

well dude. If it wasn't nessicary Honda wouldnt have put it there. Do you have any reason for wanting it off? If nothing else it prevents your shoelace from getting wrapped up in the belt and having your leg sheared off and mangled while you go tumbling down the road into the path of an 18 wheeler.

lacrosseboy · Post by **lacrosseboy** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:56 am

lol ya that wouldnt be a very good thing to hear about on this forum and it would give mopeds a bad rep by where you live

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:18 am

Yea, you will f*** up the starter.

HSPREE86 · Post by **HSPREE86** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:07 am

haha i get what you mean....but i dont want to actually ride it with it off....i just want to see everything working and making sure the belt and s*** isnt slipping cuz i heard the clutch slip the other day...also my friend wants to get into tuning and he doesnt even know how a cvt works so i wanna show him......if i still had my snowmobiles out i would show him with those......so would it be okay if i just turned on the motor and revved it a few times?how bout if i take the start pinion off?hmm?

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:13 am

Using the starter will bend it cause its unsupported. A spree doesnt have a CVT, fixed gearing.

Clivester · Post by **Clivester** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:04 pm

The starter pinion assembly (some call it bendix or throw gear) is supported at one end by the cover. If that vibrates loose while you are running the motor you could be in for some trouble. Like Kenny said if you run the starter with the cover off that can also push off the pinion.

Clive.