1994 Gas Medalist 1" Shorter Belt Squealing

[ewfranklin607]

Hello all. I am a newbie and love the forum. Now down to business. I have a 1994 EZGO Gas Medalist with 22" tires and a lift kit. I was having trouble going up hills. After reading through the forum posts, I bought a new 28 degree driven clutch, a 1" shorter belt and the idle kit with the clutch spring for the drive clutch. I installed all this stuff this weekend and did a timing belt swap and valve adjustment. She will run like a banshee now but when I stop the belt is rubbing enough on the clutch dive axle that it squeals like a wildcat and keeps the driven clutch turning enough to where I can't shift from forward to reverse with the engine running. I used the first belt on the 1" shorter belt post. Will this all stop after the belt is broken in for a while? I use the cart on the farm and for deer hunting and as you can imagine, the squealing belt won't work in the woods.

[Heliarc]

Are you sure that the new belt you bought matches the 28 degree angle on your CVT? Your parts guy might have been thinking of a stock angle 1" shorter belt without thinking of the new angle on the CVT. If you know for a fact that everything is correct I think I'd just run the heck out of it for a while and see if it's straightens out.

[ewfranklin607]

It is the stock EZGO belt that is listed in all the posts as the preferred belt. That may be the problem. The 28 degree clutch came with a belt. I may change it out and see what happens but I think it is a 42" long belt. I'll get the number off the belt I have on tonight. Thanks for the reply.

[Heliarc]

If the clutch came with the belt I'd assume it's the right one but you could always get ahold of the seller and double check.

[ewfranklin607]

Thanks. I'm going to put the 42" belt that came with the clutch on tonight and see if that works better.