Hi Max, Yes, there is a very noticeable lip (ledge) about about 3/4" from the OD. I do alot of hi speed freeway riding and the belt rides in this location most of the time. There is NO ware on the opposit Honda drive disc.

I'm just thinking a set of sliders and calling it a day.

Dennis , don't trash it just yet.
I will ask around and see if/what can be done with some machine shops around here. If not too costly ..... I amy be able to help out. It may take a few days to find out. A lot of them around here need the work.

MaxB

Just found Dr. Pulley sliders for $53.00 with $5.00 shipping. Here's the information thread:

http://www.buggypartsnw.com/home?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=386&category_id=32

I purchased a set.

Hi Bill, I got the 28g. I've been reading what I can on the sliders. I measured the weight of the stock Honda rollers and they were about 31.5g. I'm a very careful fellow and I'm thinking of doing a polishing job on my variator ramps so these new sliders work well in their new home.

I weighed the stock ones digitally and they are exactly 28 grams

Your probabley right. The only thing I had to use was a postage scale that just measured oz's in 10's.

Hi All,

Well, the Dr. Pulley sliders showed up and I installed them this morning and went for a test ride. At 70 MPH Indicated the RPM was at 5.1-5.2K as a result of the Sliders installation. That is sure a big jump down form 6K at 70 indicated with the worn J-Costa variator installed.

By the way, I was only getting 40.9 MPG with the J-Costa installed.

Now, in another 4K miles I will need a new belt...But for right now, it's great having my RPM's down.

This ends this topic....Thank You.

hi all from the uk,i have a 2001 sw with 35000 on ,had the j costa on for about 10000 miles went through two sets of pins and after 10000 miles my rpms shot to 7000rpms at 40mph.after pulling her to bits the belt had worn straight through the variator face to a point where it wore the hard surface away completly and was on the soft aliminium.the other original honda plate on the other side was pretty worn too.i think the j costa is a bit much for the sw,i now use dr pulley sliders.

i do ride to the extreme but i read on here other people are only getting about 6000 miles out of the pins before replacing,after that the revs shoot up.done 14000 miles on the dr pulley sliders now and no issues,the fun factor has gone abit but i need reliability as ive been as far south as the bottom of spain and east to russia,this year planning romania,wish i lived in the states more room to play.

What weight Dr.Pulley sliders are you now using?

went for the 26gr work great for me