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Drive belt installation on kawasaki drifter 440 (snowmobile)

I am trying to get an approx. 1980 Kawasaki Drifter 440 going that has been sitting around for a few years. The engine runs but the belt driving the tread is too loose and the power isn't getting from the motor to the tread. The old belt was ruined so I put a new one on but can't get it to tighten. Any ideas?

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  • matfell Oct 13, 2009

    The Belt has the same number on it as the one that was previously there. I watch the engine spinning and the belt just sits there with the wheel spinning inside it. I wonder if the tread is having trouble moving, but I can move it by manually turning the wheel that the belt should be turning

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Be sure of the right size - the rear wheel should be enough play to adjust

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