So on my 72-75 Hustler, it's running the factory TC1 parts on a Honda GC160. Was having issues firstly with something hanging up and clunking on hard throttle at low speed. I lubed up the shaft on the driven and I think it freed it up some and seems to knock out 95% of the clunking.
So I was running around with the cover off to watch the operation and diagnose any issues. I think the driven still hangs a hair intermittently. The other thing is that if I go wide open from a stop, the belt slips on the drive which gives a kind of weak takeoff. If one tire is in a rut, it wont pull out of it. Once it gets moving it seems to move out pretty good.
I might be expecting too much but it seems to take a while for the belt to ride up to the top of the driver for maximum gear ratio which could possibly be slippage. I did pull 34 mph though at the top. Would sure like more out of it though. I see alot of people talking about running the comet 20 driver pulleys and claiming to have much stronger power delivery. I think this 160 Honda is soft on low end being a 160 cc but with rpms it should be decent. Wouldn't think it should be slipping the belt from a stop.
So I was running around with the cover off to watch the operation and diagnose any issues. I think the driven still hangs a hair intermittently. The other thing is that if I go wide open from a stop, the belt slips on the drive which gives a kind of weak takeoff. If one tire is in a rut, it wont pull out of it. Once it gets moving it seems to move out pretty good.
I might be expecting too much but it seems to take a while for the belt to ride up to the top of the driver for maximum gear ratio which could possibly be slippage. I did pull 34 mph though at the top. Would sure like more out of it though. I see alot of people talking about running the comet 20 driver pulleys and claiming to have much stronger power delivery. I think this 160 Honda is soft on low end being a 160 cc but with rpms it should be decent. Wouldn't think it should be slipping the belt from a stop.
Last edited: