That could be why the CVT is messed up, but I drive this thing in a mostly flat yard and field. At most I climb a hill on the street that is 10 degrees. Maybe going from rest to full throttle didn't help much, but I never really did anything that involved climbing over obstacles or steep slopes. The hardest Ive run the Helix is during the winter, doing donuts and 360's and all that good stuff in the snow.
What I've noticed is that the kart takes off at extremely low RPMs, and it has a very high RPM the entire time I accelerate. The belt is probably slipping this entire time, but I think cleaning off the variator plates with sand paper and the new clutch assembly should fix the problem, along with hopefully our last replacement belt for a year or so.
The belt that came with it lasted for two years, which was up until I started having the troubles.
Last edited by supertoast92; 04-24-2010 at 11:07 AM.
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