Number of posts : 6141 Registration date : 2008-06-06 Age : 40 Location : Castlewood VA
Subject: Clutch kit Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:39 pm
Going to start looking for a clutch kit. What does everyone have and how do you like it?
Stock clutching was good and even had no trouble turning the 29s but I smoked the out of the new gates belt in Pritchett a few different times. that was a hell of a day. But it was fun
Wingman SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 557 Registration date : 2008-01-22 Age : 63 Location : Harbinger, NC
Subject: Re: Clutch kit Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:32 pm
I have looked at the Duraclutch a few times and I think that is the direction I will go when a change is made!
pushrod 1 SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 510 Registration date : 2011-12-19 Age : 73 Location : donnellson IA.
Subject: Re: Clutch kit Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:52 pm
I went with the dura clutch a year ago , works great and the best engine break I have ever had. (it wont let go going down hill) . talk with todd at hunter works he will set it up for the way you ride and the tire size and elevation if needed. the man knows his clutches !!
Gimpy SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 7708 Registration date : 2009-10-01 Location : Louisville, KY
Subject: Re: Clutch kit Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:54 pm
pushrod 1 wrote:
I went with the dura clutch a year ago , works great and the best engine break I have ever had. (it wont let go going down hill) . talk with todd at hunter works he will set it up for the way you ride and the tire size and elevation if needed. the man knows his clutches !!
I have followed pushrod a lot and I can say he hardly ever hits his brakes, on steep downhills, when I am riding mine (stock set up) in basically the same XP900. The price has me thinking twice along with the knowledge/time to install the kit. I am like you bush, I smell my belt frying many a times when I am creeping up hill or restarting on a steep hill climb. When I switch to 30's someday soon, I will probably have to go to the clutch kit.
pushrod 1 SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 510 Registration date : 2011-12-19 Age : 73 Location : donnellson IA.
Subject: Re: Clutch kit Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:58 pm
on the dura clutch, the belt is engaged all the time, the primary clutch also has a clutch built in, and a sprag bearing that is a one way clutch for the engine breaking. that's why you get the smooth starts,, no jerking , kind of like the clutch in a Honda. check out the vidieos on u tube. they aint cheap, but if you have to replace all the clutches, its about the same money, and comes with a new belt.
pushrod 1 SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 510 Registration date : 2011-12-19 Age : 73 Location : donnellson IA.
Subject: Re: Clutch kit Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:09 pm
you have to buy a clutch puller to pull the primary clutch, (todd hasem). the secondary , just take the bolt out and pull the clutch off. I think it only takes about a hr. . takes longer to get to it than it does to change it. (be sure to torque the two clutch bolts) wah la, u is done. now lets go
out of the new gates belt in Pritchett a few different times. 
that was a hell of a day. But it was fun 
