blackbart ive herd of some gen 1 not having the spacer what was your top speed when you were bone stock. and is yours a gen 1. also did you see a step up on the primary shaft this is where the spacer rides. if you take your cover off again look vary close at the shaft and tell me if you have a step up you might have to feel for it. Its vary thin. if you follow the shaft to the motor end it starts there and comes out a 1/2 inch. I would like to know this because maybe the step up is whats causing the belts to have trouble. Im thinking of taking 1/32 of spacer just to be safe.

Is this a good mod. or not some say the belt explodes and some say otherwise

i wish someone had a difinitive answer here. how about this, is the aftermarket making any different shafts or sheaves for more speed/acceleration?? mine is still stock and i think 6500rpm is too much at 60mph. i just want to cruize on fast trails without having to always be redlining the motor. every other atv ive ever had , if you run them wide all the time the top end of the motor wears very rapidly...ie 2yrs before top end is tired. who has the answer solve all this??

i have had my rzr for about 4 monthes and i have been threw 2 belts, i was wondering is that bad. it has 80 hours on it and 1200 miles and i was just wondering if taking the spacer out is worth it or not because i have to put a new belt on it any way so if it is i am going to take it off while im doing every thing else. and how much do you retorque the bolts to.

i took my spacer out last night and i did get some more top speed but i think i lost top end acceleration, i did hit above the sixty mark but it took way more time to get there. that spacer stops the clutch from going tighter, and lets the engine rev. i think a wider spacer would give me or acceleration on the top end. the only time you need more speed is on open roads.

you should not lose any acceleration by taking the spacer out.... it allows it to rev higher....

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I am still wondering how the "S" can run without the spacer and the RZR cannot? We need an experinced clutch tunner to tell us the difference and why.

i might be wrong about the acceleration, my brothers rzr is a gen 3 mine is a gen 2. and he pulls away from me in a drag race when i take him on the launch. when i pulled my spacer out it was mushroomed on the end, also since mine was new it has always run about 58mph. i think the spacer limits the top speed and gear ratio, reducing the load on the engine at high speed. i dont hit the rev limit with the spacer out and i need to keep the pedel smashed. with the spacer in it only takes about half throtle to hold the speed at 58.

Anyone with long term effects of removing the spacer?

seems ford4442003 is the only one reporting any problems long term!

Like to hear from other with positive or negative results long term!

i am also curious about the "S" not having a spacer. does that mean the shaft does not have the step up?

Whats this warranty talk?? Your not opening up the engine.

taking the spacer out shouldnt afect accelaration at all..... if it does you have the wrong clutch weights letting it shift out to soon.... all the part numbers are the same on the rzr s but they left out the spacer as talked about numerous times on here cluth belt break in is very important i have had my spacer out for quite some time and no problems so far....also the type of riding you do makes belt life long or short ie. alot of hill climbing, fast driving as in full gas take offs, rock crawling, mud all take alot of power and cvt's make alot of heat also a belt life killer.... all a cvt is is a means of transfering powere from a eng to a trans at a controled varible rate this is how you get a higher speed as the eng revs it uses centrifical force via springs and weight to controll how fast it shifts into a higher gear and also controls how it down shifts you can controll the top rpm the eng will see with diff combos of weights and springs i have 70 gram now and my top eng rpm is 6,500 rpm i had lighter springs in and it keep bouncing off the eng rev limiter

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