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Location: oswego, il | I was trolling the big pond over the weekend and thought i dropped a cylinder. Started running bad and quite. Would fire and then die. I was able to drive it back to the ramp. I put ugs, wires and feul filter in it, i took the hood off the flywheel and then seen the broken belt which was wore out. Kinda surprised at the condition so it is something i will beed to check more often in the future. Question is did it damage anything i need to worry about? |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Make sure the compressor and alternator turn over like they should, if either locked up it can ruin the belt. Also check the tensioner pulley, spring and and boss on the motor that holds the spring. How old was the belt? I normally recommend every 300 hrs or 3 years on them. |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | Yes, I normally replace that belt every 3 years as part of my maintenance for my Opti.
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Location: oswego, il | Everything rotates so i think i am good there. Thanks for your input! |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | same thing happened to my 115 opti back when i had my fishhawk.. always carried a spare with me after that. easy fix |
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| Thanks for this thread I have a 2006 115 opti I'm going to u tube to see how to change the belt. I'm planning 2 trips to Canada this year and will change it soon. |
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Location: oswego, il | I bought a.belt the same size at farm and fleet for under 20 bucks. Looks the same. I was told if you buy one from a merc dealer it is about 90 bucks. |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | ToddM - 3/24/2017 8:21 PM
I bought a.belt the same size at farm and fleet for under 20 bucks. Looks the same. I was told if you buy one from a merc dealer it is about 90 bucks.
yep.. i believe i paid about 80 for it at heckles in eagle river. it broke on me pre fishing a wmt tourney in minocqua. they actually took one out of a showroom motor to give me. they had none in stock. good guys! |
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Location: oswego, il | Some good marine dealers out there. The lund dealer on pike bay near tower mn, excellent people. I had issues with my sear pedestals and bases on my small princecraft and they didn't have what i needed in stock so they unscrewed the bases out of a showroom boat. Would't you know princecrafts are botled and i had to remove the entire front deck off the boat to replace it while still in the water.
I will be trying the belt shortly, if it fits, will post the brand and number.
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Location: oswego, il | Grrr, belt fits but the motor still wont stay running |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Check if bolts for pulley on air compressor sheared. |
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Location: oswego, il | Bazaar, cleaned up the boat to take to the marine dealer close to me. Decided to fire up one more time. Ran rough 2 seconds and now runs fine. Must have taken the compressor a little time to catch up? This is the belt. 17.99 at farm and fleet. Off to lassale to run it.
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| Thanks Todd heading to farm and fleet. |
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| Todd what year is your 115 optimax ? |
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