Good call! For your needs it should work well!
Originally Posted By: JTK
Originally Posted By: sciphi
[..If anything, when the linkage, belt, or variator go out, it'll be pretty easy to diagnose since the machine won't go forward when the pedal is depressed.
I'm sure it won't be super easy being packed up under there, but hopefully it won't be too bad to service. I know on the MTD "CVTs". They don't typically just stop working, you just annoyingly loose your range of speeds to the point you just have one slowish speed left because of lack of variator motion.
If the variator needs to be replaced, the deck is coming off and the whole rear wheel assembly is coming out. From what I remember glancing at it in the store, it looked like one unit. I'll have more time to play with it this weekend once I get it.
Originally Posted By: JTK
Originally Posted By: sciphi
[..If anything, when the linkage, belt, or variator go out, it'll be pretty easy to diagnose since the machine won't go forward when the pedal is depressed.
I'm sure it won't be super easy being packed up under there, but hopefully it won't be too bad to service. I know on the MTD "CVTs". They don't typically just stop working, you just annoyingly loose your range of speeds to the point you just have one slowish speed left because of lack of variator motion.
If the variator needs to be replaced, the deck is coming off and the whole rear wheel assembly is coming out. From what I remember glancing at it in the store, it looked like one unit. I'll have more time to play with it this weekend once I get it.