Anybody had this happen?

[ezwrks97]

Well it happened again, after I updated the pads and bought a new riser for the drivin clutch, also bought a new bolt and washer(actually bought two, one for just in case) anyways, I got everything back together and put back in, torqued the bolt to 14 ft pds. like the manual says. After driving around for a couple of months, the bolt broke, left about 3/4 inch of it in the trans shaft. Well I drill it out and put in the extra. It started running funny the other day and I looked and this bolt is broken too. wtf. Sorry this is so long but I'm a little frustrated with this. The reason I rebuilt the clutch is because about 6-8 months ago the clutch had almost fallen off the shaft, yea you guessed it, a broken bolt. So what I am thinking is that the clutch housing must be wallered out too much, yea there is some wobble there but I never figured it was extreme. I have a 97 workhorse and I use it a lot, we had a bad storm this last spring so we've been moving around a lot of firewood, brush and just stuff. anybody got ideas? I'm thinking about getting a new clutch but would love to hear if anyone else had this problem and what they did to fix it.
Thanks up front for any,

[mikesmotortoys]

Old clutches should be replaced in my opinion. I've never had or seen a clutch bolt break before - you either have a severely worn clutch shaft, clutch, vibration, mis alignment, something. Does it "wobble" on the shaft before you torque the bolt down?

[scottyb]

Replace the clutch and the belt. Something is way out bad! Never heard of a broken bolt before and 2 well that just says it is some problem with your cart, Not the design.....

[ezwrks97]

That's the way it goes sometimes I guess. I had thought that the clutch seemed to be a bit wobbly on the shaft before I had put it back on. Do you know if anyone sells the pully without the ramps and spring? I had just rebuilt this one not long ago and it seems a waste to have to buy the whole thing to get this fixed.
Thanks for your replys,
Kent

[scottyb]

Since you bound and determined If I was you I would look for another used in better shape and use parts from yours or keep it as a spare? Maybe you can find somebody to remachine the center? I dunno.

[ezwrks97]

oh, that obvious huh. Well I try to stay on my budget but I do want this thing to run right. I just got done putting a different engine in it(thanks nubs), and with this problem I had thought that maybe I was doing something wrong. If the clutch is not supposed to have much play in it then I was hoping that someone on here would know where to get just the housing as I spent over a hundred bucks between the ramps, spring, and hub. I don't necessaraly want to scrimp on quality because I use this cart a lot. Thanks for the reply's, guess I will try and call cartparts and see what they have, or?
Thanks,
Kent