Goodyear Introduces ‘Self-Healing’ ATV Drive Belt
(Akron/Tire Review) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Engineered Products division has introduced a new “self-healing” ATV drive belt that contains carbon fibre. The drive belt – called Goodyear Gatorback Sport – is the first continuously variable transmission (CVT) belt with carbon-fiber reinforcement in its body construction, according to Loren Danhauer, chief belt engineer for the Goodyear unit.