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Hi all, my trusty '06 Kodiak 400 had been sitting in storage for a while (in a barn) since we moved over this summer - when I drove it after it was bogging down under load or going up hills at any speed, which it was told to me was likely a "burnt out" belt.
I went to replace the belt today while also doing an oil change and as soon as I popped open the clutch case a horrible smell came out and a giant pile of dead mice fell out. Gross. Take a look at this picture, all of this material fell out of the case and the dark gray (fur? hair?) material was jammed all inside the clutch.
I'm going to go ahead and replace the belt (and add the shim mod) even though it actually looks fine (to my untrained eye) but do I need to do something to the clutch to address this issue, aside from scraping every bit of mouse guts and fur out of this thing that I can? Does it need to be "re-greased" somehow?
On another note, how would so many mice get into a sealed case like this? Is there an air intake into it that I should also be cleaning out / checking?
Photos:
I went to replace the belt today while also doing an oil change and as soon as I popped open the clutch case a horrible smell came out and a giant pile of dead mice fell out. Gross. Take a look at this picture, all of this material fell out of the case and the dark gray (fur? hair?) material was jammed all inside the clutch.
I'm going to go ahead and replace the belt (and add the shim mod) even though it actually looks fine (to my untrained eye) but do I need to do something to the clutch to address this issue, aside from scraping every bit of mouse guts and fur out of this thing that I can? Does it need to be "re-greased" somehow?
On another note, how would so many mice get into a sealed case like this? Is there an air intake into it that I should also be cleaning out / checking?
Photos: