This Might Be Why Your Arctic Cat Eats Belts! | Big Fin Secondary Clutch Install F1100 

LOL, ' just go til' it strips then back er off'. Love these videos man.

Haha, I built my spring removal tool out of some threaded rod welded into the center hole of an old lawnmower blade for a base, then a section of tube followed by a trimmed former lawn mower blade to do the compressing. Honestly buying the correct tool is too pricey for what it does, and all these clutches are a bit different. A little creativity gets the job done. Happy New Year bud.

This is a great video for someone looking to do their own clutch work on an older cat. Thanks!

I have a 2013 F1100 Turbo. From factory, the jackshaft flexes up to 180 thousandths of an inch and the bracket that holds the jackshaft bearing on the clutch side came attached to the engine. Every time you let off the throttle, the belt takes the brunt of the force from over shifting and it heats up. Guys have spent thousands trying to fix belt blowing issues by installing new clutches, jackshafts, etc. If you want to be done blowing belts, especially if you have it tuned up (I have 240 horse tune, cold air intake, extended track, Bikeman Clutch kit), you'll have to replace a couple parts. The bracket that holds the jackshaft on the secondary side has to be replaced as well as the jackshaft. The new brace will stop the overheating on deceleration and the heavier jackshaft will keep your secondary from pulling out of parallel when you're accelerating. This should have been addressed right from factory and a couple engineers did in fact lose their jobs at Arctic Cat over this. They now work at Polaris. lol. Scott Taylor Engineering still makes these parts and he does them well. For the double approach fix, you're looking at just shy of $1000. That's a bit to spend but better than having a $5,000+ paperweight that you don't want to ride because it constantly blows $120+ belts.

I had the updates done on my 12 XF when I bought it as a carry over and knock on wood and 7 years later still on my original belt. You should be all good with the big fin secondary.

the heat treatment on the cast during the 2012 sleds were junk and would fail, is one thing the dealer told me. I still need to get the big fin for my 2012 proclimb. Great vid bud.

Newer Sleds look a PIA to work on.. I thought TEAM Clutches were the hot thing now but ill stick with the slightly older Cat Torque sensing secondary that is self centering....

I hope that your intent was to make a comical video because I laughed my ass off and shook my head almost the entire time.. 🤣

If your having problems blowing belts or even if your not this is a must have AC Part # 6639-817. Have a 2013 XF800 Cross Tour was eating belts like crazy this did the trick. Ducts the air straight to secondary

Just get a secondary adjuster and that solves the issue. Can also get a little longer belt.

Another great How-To-Video... Happy New Year to You Honey Badger and Baby.

I've had no issues with belts on my 809 Mach Z and l have a plate on my secondary.. Usually blown belts are an indication of poor clutch maintenance, improper alignment and off sets or bad clutch calibrations, bad engine mounts or everything I've mentioned combined..

Yassss! Banjos!

I have the older style Cat roller secondary and its quite a bit different than your newer secondary. Thanks for posting, as I learned allot about the newer style secondary. Are you able to adjust clutch parallelism on your sled? TIP: You can clean/wash both primary and secondary clutches in your dishwasher, they come out very clean. Just don't do it when your wife is around! They should be cleaned once a season as belt dust wears the clutches faster.

Those plastic ramps are for reverse no deceleration.

Longer belt helps and red spring.

they say the yamaha clutches work awsome on the 4Stroke yamaha engines and blown belts are never an issue

Good enough you got a tow strap

great video I was just wondering why u wouldn't put new parts in since u had it apart

Great video. I have a 2012 F1100 so this video is very interesting to me. Just bought mine, haven't ridden it yet. I bought a non-turbo because I heard about the belt lifespan's. How long were yours lasting? Is this new assembly just from a newer sled?

Plastic ramps are different for 2 stroke and 4 stroke. Your donor clutch probably came from a 2 stroke sled.

Just curious what you’ve been using for belts? I blew the original belt in my 12 XF 1100 on the last ride last year. Original belt made it over 5k. Knocking on wood I get the same mileage on the new one. Thinking of buying aftermarket now for the spare.

What did you figure out? I’ve got a m8000 and gone through 3 belts after changing my track from 2.6 lug to 1.75 with studs. Only blows after longer runs. Secondary hot af. Possibly same issue you’re having.

more material absorb more heat

What happened to floating secondary clutches where you never had to worry about alignment.

Looking for a secondary clutch for my 2001 zr 600 efi. Please let me know if anyone has one

Which brand of belt do u prefer to run?

CFJ is at it again! theres a place in michigan that rebuilds those better than new called formula x 1 231 369 4300 if you have any more problems have a good one !

Just buy an STM Torsional, problem solved...