A ZForce clutch box is a hot, crowded place to work for a living. You bought the machine because it moves, and the belt is the part absorbing every bit of that — every stab of the throttle coming out of a corner, every long pull up a grade, every slow crawl through rock where the belt is slipping and cooking instead of gripping and spinning. Belts rarely fail in the driveway. They fail at the far end of the ride. The Hunterworks CVT Drive Belt for the CFMoto ZForce 800, 950 and 1000 is a replacement built around that specific clutch box, and it runs $189.00.
Purpose-built, in Hunterworks' own words
Hunterworks is direct about what this belt is: a higher quality belt, purpose built for the ZForce side by side, engineered for superior toughness and strength, and able to withstand the fast, rough, and heat of a ZForce clutch box.
That last line is the one worth sitting with, because it names the three things that actually kill a belt: speed, impact and heat. Heat is the quiet one. A belt that is slipping — in slow technical sections, in deep mud, under load before the clutch has fully shifted out — generates heat without moving enough air to shed it. The cords soften, the belt grows, and after enough of those cycles it lets go somewhere in the middle of nothing in particular. A belt specced for that duty cycle is not the same part as a belt specced to survive peak power on a smooth road, and that distinction is the whole argument for this one.
The numbers to write down
- Hunterworks part number: HW-851KM
- Replaces OEM part number: OJWA-055000-1000
- Price: $189.00
Put HW-851KM somewhere you will find it again — a note on your phone, or a label stuck inside the clutch cover. A belt is the one part you want to be able to re-order from a trailhead without taking anything apart first to work out what you had in there.
Fitment — check the year, not just the badge
- 2018-2024 CFMoto ZForce 1000
- 2020-2026 CFMoto ZForce 950
- 2022-2026 CFMoto ZForce 800
The year ranges are not the same across the three displacements, and that is what catches people. An 800 has to be a 2022 or newer. A 1000 has to be a 2024 or older. If you are in the 950 family you are covered for the whole run from 2020 forward. The single OEM cross-reference listed, OJWA-055000-1000, is the number to check against the belt currently in your machine if you want certainty before you click buy.
Who it is for
If you ride a ZForce the way it was built to be ridden, this is the sensible choice the next time a belt is due. It is also worth buying as the spare, which is really the honest argument for a stronger belt. A spare sits under the seat for a season doing absolutely nothing, and then one afternoon it is the only part on the machine that matters. If you are going to carry one regardless, there is no penalty in weight or space for carrying the better one.
What a belt will not do is paper over a clutch problem. If you are going through belts every few hundred miles, the belt is the symptom and not the cause. Pull the cover and look at the sheave faces for glazing and grooving, make sure the clutch intake and exhaust ducts are sealed and clear, and blow the dust out of the housing while you are in there. Belt dust is abrasive and insulating at the same time, which is a bad combination. A stronger belt in a worn or dirty clutch is just a more expensive failure.
Order it at SxS Outpost
The Hunterworks CVT Drive Belt for the CFMoto ZForce 800, 950 and 1000 is $189.00 under part number HW-851KM and replaces OEM OJWA-055000-1000. Hunterworks does not publish a mileage or hour warranty figure on this belt, so take the listing for exactly what it claims: a purpose-built ZForce belt engineered for superior toughness and strength. Browse everything else that fits in the CFMoto ZForce collection, narrow it down in CFMoto ZForce 1000, see the full Hunterworks lineup, or compare options across Belts & Clutches — and the belt itself is here.