Scooter broken again!

So Monday I decided since it was nice I would ride the scooter to work.

I got about a third of the way there and the bike suddenly started making a grinding noise.

Pulled over and isolated the noise to the transmission.

Limped the bike back home.

Parked the bike and drove the truck.

Fast forward to today.

I started taking the bike apart, hoping that the problem was just a bad belt. 

Time to start disassembly.

Outer covers off.

Inside of outer cover.

Inner cover removed.  Note gasket is still stuck on.

Gasket and outer drive pulley removed.

Inside of inner cover.

 Nope.

The belt is worn but the real problem is the rear (driven) pulley.

It has two parts, a fixed face and a movable face that keeps the belt tight.

The movable half of the pulley has cracked and broken free from the hub.

Crack in the movable pulley.

Movable pulley is broken away from hub.

As it is the 4th of July, the local bike shop (If you can call Seattle local to me) is closed.

If I order the parts online it is gonna cost me about $170 for the broken half of the pulley and a new belt.

I would like to see if the bike shop can get the entire clutch/pulley assembly.

It would cost more but then I would know that nothing else is about to fail in it and that it is put together properly.

Either way I go, who knows how long the bike is going to be down.

I am getting really sick and tired of the bike breaking every summer.  I don't ride during the winter/bad weather so summer is the only time I can get much riding in.

This is the second summer I have had the bike and it has been broken both times!

And what really sucks is I am still paying on the loan to get the bike!

Never again will I buy a bike, new or used from Brothers Powersports in Bremerton, WA.

And I have not had good experiences with their service department either.

Anyway, Happy 4th of July to everyone.

Hopefully yours is better than mine has been so far.