What not to do to your driven clutch

[haligen]

So my new to me cart never really had any pickup or top end. I finally got around to messing with it and found the belt at 1" wide, the spark plugs black and wet, and the driven clutch didn't seem to move. Well today I decided to take a look at the ramp buttons, and umm it didn't turn out so good. I got the snap ring off relatively easy, but thats about all that went easy. After pulling the snap ring I smacked the clutch a few times with a rubber mallet hoping it would pop loose. Ha, yeah no, it wasn't budging. Then I proceeded to beat the snot out of it with the mallet, yup, no dice. Okay, now time for the big guns. I broke out a gear puller, put it between the sheaves, and then tried to press the splined shaft down. That my friends resulted in a shattered sheave. Moral of the story is don't use large hydraulic presses on aluminum lol. After I broke it I said the hell with it and beat the snot out of it with a BFH, and it still hasn't popped loose. It did dump a ton of black dust and chunks all over the floor. Anyway, just figured I would share my ham fisted adventure.

[WVHarley]

Oh Hell! one of those times you want to cryand drink beer while you talk about how cool it was when it happened lol. Lesson learned for all of us I am sure.

[TomStark]

I think times like that are why God invented oxy acetylene torches and WD40, LOL! Got a TIG welder? May be able to fix it! LOL! Hey, at Dart we had heads where the NOS would cause a hole from the chamber, through the water jacket and out the side of the head, and we fixed them all the time! Really sorry for your troubles, hope you get it taken care of easily and for not much money!
Tom

[haligen]

I thought about welding it up, but my luck the wife will be out riding it and it will fall apart. Then I will never hear the end of it. I guess I'll just have to spring for a new one, anyone know if the aftermarket ones I see for around $200 are worth it, or should I just spring for a new one from ezgo?