not sure why many reviews state this assembly is poorly put together - mine arrived good and tight. installed easily (came with circlips and washers) BUT the nut included does not fit my Mobylette 50v so make sure you have the original nut Threw on a new belt too, and it works great. These fresh pads are super sticky though!
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quality control, what's that? :D
January 10, 2024
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Kosmo from Hamilton, ON Canada
This is my experience, maybe I am odd one out.
I have two of these, and both of them are different from my original one. One of these has a wobbly hub (which is no bueno unless you have a fetish for rebuilding bottoms ends with snapped cranks) and the other has the movable cheek guides spaced too far in, so good luck mounting a Varplus to it. Should be fine if you are running the moving cheek it comes with. It's worth noting that the spacing on the studs on the other one is also messed up, but it's useable. I think if I do another Varplus I will rebuild a factory variator, as I find myself doing this anyway.
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Does the damn thing
February 5, 2021
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Chloe Feldman from San Francisco, CA United States
It works fine. No issues here. Make sure you disassemble the bitch 'n inspect / loctite errythang before you send it home. Don't forget to grease the needle bearing.
I was advised to throw a couple welds on the drum to prevent failure ( as others mentioned ) but I did not... It seems fine so far?
Comes with 5 shims of varying thicknesses. Shimming it on the crank is a pain but it has to be done. Basically you're just making sure the variator has some room to spin freely without it clunking side to side. Don't quote me here cause I don't have an og stock variator with factory shims but I'm pretty sure there's .8mm of shim behind the deepest circlip then 1.6mm of shim behind the outermost circlip. On mine I have .4mm of shim then 1.3mm. Not sure how much you'll need for yours cause there's a million variables but hopefully mine will give you a ballpark of where to start. I don't think it has be perfect by any means.
Welp, I think that's it. Have fun and be safe. Xoxo
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New variator does not variate.
May 21, 2020
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RICHARD CAMACHO from Union, NJ United States
variator. I recently purchase this variator and installed it it was assembled and tight I just put it in my newly rebuilt engine drove it for testing turns out it does not variator dont know the problem.
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Dude, just buy it *****5 Stars Bub
July 17, 2018
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Nathan Lessard from Somerville, MA United States
After reading the other reviews of this Variator/Clutch, I was hesitant to buy it..... but I did it anyway.
Super easy to install (you'll need the puller tool and snap ring pliers). Use the puller to take off the top plate, and then use your snap pliers to take out the first snap ring, followed by 3 washers, and then the final snap ring.
BOOM! on/off in about 15 minutes! Wowzahhh bub.
600 RELIABLE miles in about a week - sounds good to me! Just make sure everything is buttoned up nice and tight and you're ready to rocket.
works! a little TOO good 
quality control, what's that? :D 
New variator does not variate.