LIKEITHIGH
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ok about a month ago i was in the woods in some mud for maybe 20 mins and i noticed power steering went out and ac wasnt cold anymore . so i stopped turned off engine thinking the belt came off. lifted hood and the belt was shreaded because it had slide off the idler pulley inbetween the engine and the pulley.i inspected the pulley and the side against the engine was grinded down about 3/8 of a inch making it narrower than the belt, and im guessing thats why it slipped off the the idler pulley. but i couldnt figure out why the pullry was worndown on that one side like that, there is nothing close enough for it to hit to wear perfectly like it did . it almost looked like it was kinda melted. but i said to hell with it replaced the idler pulley and the belt, and i was moving again. last weekend i pulled my atv out to the same trails where my belt broke before in my jeep, long story short buried my honda rancher in a mud hole so bad i had to get my jeep drive it back there and used my jeeps winch to pull it out. got it out and headed back out of woods , and power steering and ac stop working, and i say theres no way that shit happen again. i wasnt even wheelin it, sure enough same thing happen , melted down looking idler pulley followed by broken belt. so if any body has any advice for me it would be great cause im afraid to go off road without 2 sets of extra belts and pulleys. i cant figure it it happened again in less than a month...:thinking::thinking::thinking::thinking::thinking: