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So, I was just getting ready for bed the other night, and the phone rings (10:30pm). A friend is on the line, and he tells me that he is broke down about 8 miles from his truck, and that he would really appreciate some help
. He said his clutch just exploded and he's wondering if I have a spare, and if I will bring it out to him? I asked "What clutch". He said the clutch on his Argo. I said which clutch on your Argo? He said the "little one"
. I said "You mean the Primary Clutch?". He said "I don't know, the one at the front". I said "You mean the one on the Engine?". He sais, "yes, do you have a spare?".
"I have a spare for both, I just have to put them togeather"
He sais, " I don't need both, just the small one" (Famous last words
)
OK, OK, I'll see what I can do. See you in the morning, have a nice night, hope you have lots of bug spray.
Can you bring me a belt too?
Anyway, I gather up some stuff that I want to take out to my cabin (he's on the way), and load up some parts and tools. (Finally get to bed about midnight)
I leave early the next morning, and find his Argo, no sign of him though (He walked to his cabin, another 2 miles down the trail)
I checked things out, and find that both the Primary and Secondary are damaged (Of course), and I only brought out a Primary.
My theory is that he lost one of the little slider buttons off the Secondary, and that ended up taking out his Primary.
I did what I could, with what I had, and ended up going to get him and limping his Argo the rest of the way to his Cabin.
He told me that he knew something was wrong within a mile of where he left his truck, but couldn't figure out what it was??????? Personally, I think it would have been smarter to turn around and go back to the truck, than keep heading further away from it, but what do I know
.
Anyway, it was worth a vid, so you can check it out if you want
(Might have to wait for the vid to finish processing for better quality)
I left him out there, but have made araingments to fly a new Secondary out to him later this week.
RD
. He said his clutch just exploded and he's wondering if I have a spare, and if I will bring it out to him? I asked "What clutch". He said the clutch on his Argo. I said which clutch on your Argo? He said the "little one". I said "You mean the Primary Clutch?". He said "I don't know, the one at the front". I said "You mean the one on the Engine?". He sais, "yes, do you have a spare?"."I have a spare for both, I just have to put them togeather"
He sais, " I don't need both, just the small one" (Famous last words
)OK, OK, I'll see what I can do. See you in the morning, have a nice night, hope you have lots of bug spray.
Can you bring me a belt too?
Anyway, I gather up some stuff that I want to take out to my cabin (he's on the way), and load up some parts and tools. (Finally get to bed about midnight
)I leave early the next morning, and find his Argo, no sign of him though (He walked to his cabin, another 2 miles down the trail)
I checked things out, and find that both the Primary and Secondary are damaged (Of course
), and I only brought out a Primary.My theory is that he lost one of the little slider buttons off the Secondary, and that ended up taking out his Primary.
I did what I could, with what I had, and ended up going to get him and limping his Argo the rest of the way to his Cabin.
He told me that he knew something was wrong within a mile of where he left his truck, but couldn't figure out what it was??????? Personally, I think it would have been smarter to turn around and go back to the truck, than keep heading further away from it, but what do I know
.Anyway, it was worth a vid, so you can check it out if you want
(Might have to wait for the vid to finish processing for better quality)I left him out there, but have made araingments to fly a new Secondary out to him later this week.
RD
This trail NEVER dries out, Muskeg trail from HELL. I managed to get some great vid from the rest of the trip, but have not had any time to make something of it yet. Hope to make a clip or two soon.
if it don't float with out you getting wet . don't bring it ! 
R.I.P sage rogers 4 11 09 .
Just joking... Your buddy is really lucky to have you... I just have one silly question... With no clutch, could you have, like two, small or medium, fixed pulley, that you can slip a belt of any kind over to be abble to move the machine in case of massive clutch faillures...
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