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I have a bighorn 400 that had a similar problem. On pavement it was horrible, but in the dirt not so noticeable. If it’s like mine you’ve got glazing of the clutch shoes and bell. Toook some sand paper and removed the glaze and now she’s as smooth as silk

Posted April 25, 2021. Probably won’t respond to you😩

Makes sense.

Yeah. I struggle with how you lock it up and roll over? Maybe if the front axle is locked in? Also seems like the belt would be the weak link and shear. Dunno. 🤷

It’s best to do a good inspection on all nuts bolts and areas needing lube. Make sure everything actually functions like they should. My front axle had trouble engaging and eventually completely stopped working. New parts are on their way to fix that. It helps to be mechanically inclined on these things. Don’t know if the more expensive rides are better built, and trouble free but like you I’m enjoying mine.

Some of the posts on here talk about rolling over and only going 20mph when the belt shreds and locks up the wheels. That’s an incentive for me to buckle up. I love the Darwin awards ideal. Works in the animal world and ours too.

There was a video on YouTube of a couple of dudes riding wild. Rolled over and landed on his neck. Looked like it ended badly. I use the excuse that I usually only go slow, but it’s probably not smart on my part. Every person in my hood rides around no helmet. Heck one lady rides her baby in her arms around. My neighbor is a fireman and he seems to think people are not smart. Told us about a 73 year old couple passed out on fentanyl he had to attend to.

No helmet. Ride around the hood mostly hardly ever exceeding 20 mph. Ride around the eight acres picking up sticks and cleaning stuff. Sometimes I wear the seatbelt. Visit the neighbors caring a beer or two. I live in a very rural area. No internet, cornfields everywhere.

This dry clutch is twice the size of a go cart type clutch. Bigger shoes and bell. And I think you could be right about pulling too heavy a load. I do use it to pull a five x ten trailer around in the yard. Can’t remember if the jerking started before or after pulling that trailer. Probably won’t do that again for awhile till I see how it fairs after sanding the shoes and bell. The trailer weighs 900 pounds and the sxs is supposed to be okay up to 1200pounds. im actually leaning towards I pulled it before the clutch got broken in good. The glazing was mostly on 2/3 of the shoes and not on the edges.

Suspected a glazed over clutch bell or the clutch shoes and it appears I’m correct. The Bighorn explorer from TSC 400cc engine only has a dry centrifugal clutch. No wet clutch. Here’s some pics of what I found. Took some Emory cloth and removed the glazing and first ride feels good. Don’t know how long it’ll last but it sure is great now.

What’s the deal with the chinamesiam stuff having difficulties getting parts?

The wife loves to mow, so who am I to stand in the boss’s way? Bad thing is she gets the zero turn and I get to trim and weed eat. She loves to mow so much I volunteered her to mow a new to the hood neighbors yard in their process of moving here. We will mow their yard most of this year. They have six mowable acres and we have six too. Twelve acres to mow, old age, and 100° temps means I drink a lot of water, Gatorade, and beer. Gottta learn to keep my mouth shut when volunteering her yard mowing love!

@Alex Fantastic! You fixed the add conundrum. It was really awful. Thank you so much. The forum is useable now.

Same here. Time to look elsewhere

I bought a Silent Rider muffler to add on the existing muffler. I haven’t had the chance to install it yet but they rave over how it makes them quieter. Got a couple of other issues to work on before I get it permanently installed. Best I can tell with it temporarily hanging there it takes some of the popping noise down a bit.