Torque Converter Pully Face Maintenance

[gcarter95]

The pully faces on my torque converter (TAV2) are slightly rusted and pitted due to getting some abrasive dirt inside while running the cart last year.


Obviously, I need to clean / smooth the faces to avoid tearing up belts.

What I was thinking was that I might use a high heat engine or brake paint and bake on in order to prevent further corrosion. Any thoughts on this? What do you do?

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Just run it, the belt will eat the rust and smooth the pits. Nothing but steel will stay on a pulley face.

 

[slideways]

I like to use a scotchbrite wheel or a wire wheel on the air grinder.

I wouldn't bother with the paint. The heat will burn it off and cause possible glazing issues with the residue. Just run a cover so it doesn't get rusted again.

 

[Blazkowiez]

Just run it, the belt will eat the rust and smooth the pits. Nothing but steel will stay on a pulley face.

Clean it before you run it.... if you run your belt before cleaning you will run into the fact that that rust and pitting acted like a fine sand paper on the sides of the belt and will wear it much faster than if it were clean. Kenny must be made of money.

When cleaning these clutches I mainly start with a wire wheel and then move to 3M pads on air tools, it works amazingly well at removing pitting and rust. If you store the kart inside this happening again should be no problem, you can paint the parts of the clutch that the belt do not ride on with clear and that will inhibit further rusting though any material on the clutches that your belts will ride on will just eat the paint.

The main point is that you keep them clean and don't store them outside, if you keep up with them and store them properly you should be just fine.

 

[freakboy]

just run it and the rust will go away... wont do nothing to the belt.. the rust will fall right off... its much easyer just going ahead and doing that then spending all the time to clean itup.

 

[Blazkowiez]

I'm just going to sit here with a Bud Light with Lime. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow? Selling people belts...

 

[gcarter95]

LOL

I *will* be cleaning the faces. Just on the fence about painting them.

 

[solomon]

Dont paint! only clean, just use scotch bright pad.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Paint will wear off, and probably glaze your belt.

It depends on how bad it is, but normally just running it will clean it up in a matter of seconds. Just make sure there are no burs, if its pits thats no problem. I picked up a sled this fall that sat outside for 4+ rears, and primary and secondary with solid corrosion. once i started it up and went for one spin to full throttle (so the primary and secondary could fully actuate), they were both spotless. Its not a bad idea to blow it out with compressed air after too.

 

[gcarter95]

Does anyone use belt dressing? Does it help if running in wet conditions?