What are the symptoms of a faulty scooter pulley weight?
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Symptoms of faulty scooter pulley weights include slow acceleration, delayed speed increase, rear wheel vibration and abnormal noises. Below are some expanded details: 1. Basic introduction: As one of the scooter's rotating components, the pulley weight (also called a movable weight that can move radially) is affected by engine speed. When the speed gradually increases, the pulley weight is subjected to outward centrifugal force that overcomes the resistance of the main spring, moving radially along the sliding groove toward the outer edge of the disc. This increases the force squeezing the axially moving driven disc, enlarges the working radius, and reduces the diameter of the driven disc, thereby changing the gear ratio. 2. Related examples: (1) Heavy pulley weights: Due to greater centrifugal force, even with slight speed increase, the weights can quickly reach the outer edge of the disc, effectively increasing the diameter of the driving disc and reducing the gear ratio. This causes the driven disc shoes to quickly spread out and contact the clutch bell, thereby driving the scooter. In other words, this allows for low-speed starts and may even increase top speed because heavy weights can easily be thrown to the outermost edge of the pulley. (2) Light pulley weights: Due to smaller centrifugal force, much higher speeds are required to throw out the weights. Increased speed leads to higher fuel consumption and may even reduce top speed, as light weights are harder to throw to the outermost edge of the pulley, preventing the driving disc from achieving maximum diameter, which affects top speed.
