Replacing Fan belt
1999-2000 Arctic Cat Snowmobiles
- Remove the fan cover and the recoil starter.
- Remove the three cap screws securing the recoil starter pulley and the fan drive pulley to the flywheel.
- Remove the fan drive pulley and fan belt from the engine.
- Place the new fan belt into position on the upper pulley.
- Place the fan drive pulley on to the fan belt and align one of its holes with one of the mounting holes in the flywheel; then start a cap screw into the aligned hole and finger-tighten.
- Rotate the fan drive pulley clockwise while observing the other two holes in the pulley. When they align with the two holes in the flywheel, start the remaining two cap screws.
- Tighten the three caps crews only to position the fan drive pulley on the flywheel; then remove the three cap screws and install the recoil starter pulley. Apply red Loctite #271 to the threads of the three cap screws and install into the flywheel. Tighten the three cap screws evenly to 0.8-1.2 kg-m (6-9 ft-lb).
NOTE: With new belt installed, check fan belt tension. - Install the fan cover and recoil starter.
Updated on: Sunday, November 15, 2020