Hustler Newbie Needs Help!

[rufflesandlacecountry]

Okay we just bought our hustler it has the kohler 4 cycle engine. The drive belt broke and we cant seem to find the right size one. I just purchased the 41" and we cant get it on. Any ideas would be appreciate. By the way Kansashustler you may not be to far from us, we are only 90 miles from tulsa.

[jerrynuss]

Can you describe how you are trying to put the belt on?

[jpswift1]

I would check with 6x6World member Meinfield. His Hustler originally came with a Kohler 4 stroke and he might have some info on the belt. I believe that the correct belt for your application would be a Dayco Max 1078. You can see it if you click on Meinfield's picture of his very nicely restored Hustler.




Good luck with it, and congrats on the purchase of a very fine machine!

[Meinfield]

Jeff's right, the factory belt was the max 1078, although I think that Dayco has changed the part number. Check the link below, they have a good inventory of belts.

HP3012 - Arctic Cat Dayco HP (High Performance) Belt. Fits some mid power 75-81 Arctic Cat Snowmobiles.

Post some pictures of your hustler if you can.

[rufflesandlacecountry]

My husband is trying to put it over the small pulley first then the large pulley.
Richard told me it was the 41" belt when I called him. We can purchase belts locally.

Help is appreciated. THis is a pretty nice 6 x 6. We dont really require much work on it. The outside is excellant condition. THe only flaw I could find is a small tear on the back seatrest where the muffler is. It looks like it has melted the casing. We can probably fix it with fiberglass but first we'll have to figure out how to get the heat of it.

Thanks

[rufflesandlacecountry]

I will be adding some pictures this evening I hope. I clicked the link for that belt and it is too long. The one i just purchased is 41". WE have a box like thing over the muffler that is a problem to work around. WE might have to take it off to get that belt on. Thank you for your help!

Linda

[liflod]

You need to pry the transmission side clutch apart and wedge it open with a block of wood.

To open it you need to turn the inner sheave independently of the outer sheave and push/pull/pry to get it to open. Once its open, you can push the belt all the way down into the clutch. This will give you enough slack to get it over the engine pulley.

[rufflesandlacecountry]

How Do I get the Picture under my name?

Okay I am gonna try to post this pictures again. I did it once last night but cant find them.

[REB181]

do you mean your avatar pic? go to edit profile then edit avatar add your pic there...

[rufflesandlacecountry]

WEll according to the picture we were trying to put it on wrong, lol. Thank you!

[rufflesandlacecountry]

New Belt!

Thank you all for your help! We got the new belt from dayco and actually got it on. So we are up and running. We need a little chain adjustment but are good to go. The grandkids think its fantastic.

[boncrshr]

Hey Ruffles,

Glad to hear you got the belt on. It has been my experience that you will be adjusting those Hustler chains quite often as the chain adjusters are poorly designed. One trick that worked for me on the front 2 chains was to get 2 more of the Teflon rollers and make 2 more chain adjusters exactly like the front ones. You will also need 2 rail nuts, 3/8" bolt and washers. Once you get the original ones snugged down, simply put the newly fabricated ones on top of them and snug them down also. This gives them a lot more resistance to coming loose.

The back chain adjusters seemed to hold a little better. Hope this helps.