If you run a Teryx KRX 1000, the drive belt is the part that decides how your weekend ends. The KRX's CVT does all the work in deep mud, on long sand climbs and any time you're crawling rocks at low speed with the throttle steady — and the belt is what gives up first. The Hunterworks CVT Drive Belt for the 2020–2025 Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000 and KRX4 1000 is built specifically for that machine's clutching, and it's made in the USA.
What it replaces, and what it fits
This is a direct replacement for Kawasaki part numbers 59011-0047 and 59011-0068. If either of those numbers is printed on the box your last belt came out of, this is the belt you're looking for. Fitment is straightforward, with one hard limit worth stating up front:
- 2020–2025 Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000 — all models
- 2020–2025 Kawasaki Teryx KRX4 1000 — all models
- Replaces Kawasaki 59011-0047 and 59011-0068
- Fits the KRX models only — a standard Teryx or Teryx4 takes a different belt
That last line matters more than it sounds like it should. "Teryx" covers a lot of machines, and the KRX is its own animal with its own clutch geometry. Check the badge on the machine, not just the brand on the key.
How the belt is actually built
Hunterworks doesn't buy a generic belt and print a label on it. The construction is a proprietary blend — polymers, neoprenes, aramid fibers and cords — assembled with a layering technology that's been proven out over years in the belt industry. The cord is the part that does the heavy lifting: aramid cord is what keeps a belt from stretching after a few hard heat cycles, and stretch is what turns a belt that felt fine in June into one that slips in August.
The rest of the material list is chosen for heat. Advanced high-temperature materials are what let a belt survive the conditions that kill belts — slow, high-load, low-airflow work where the clutch is cooking and there's no ram air moving through the housing. That's exactly what a KRX spends its life doing.
What you notice on the machine
Hunterworks engineers these belts for four specific improvements, and they're the four things KRX owners complain about:
- Improved belt grip — more of the engine's output actually reaches the wheels instead of turning into heat in the sheaves
- Reduced secondary squealing — the noise that shows up when a tired belt starts slipping in the driven clutch
- Less jerky starts — smoother engagement pulling away from a stop or easing off a trailer
- Anti-slip and reduced stretching — the belt holds its width and its manners as it heats up
Add it up and the point of this belt is maximum power transfer with less noise, which is another way of saying the machine does what your right foot asks the first time.
Why USA-made matters here
Hunterworks drive belts are proudly made in the USA, and the company has over twenty years in the industry behind them. That's not a marketing line for its own sake — clutching is a narrow, unglamorous specialty, and two decades of it is why these belts are cut for specific machines instead of sold as one-size-fits-most. The product page doesn't quote a mileage or time warranty on the belt; what Hunterworks stands behind publicly is the material list, the manufacturing process and the track record.
Who should buy one
- KRX owners who've already burned an OEM belt and don't want to repeat the experience
- Anyone running oversized tires, where the clutch works harder for the same ground speed
- Mud, rock and dune riders — the low-speed, high-load conditions that cook belts
- Anyone who wants a spare under the seat before a trip, which is where every KRX belt should live
Order it at SxS Outpost
The Hunterworks CVT Drive Belt for the Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000 and KRX4 1000 starts at $189. Buy two — one to install and one to keep in the machine, because a spare belt on the trail is the difference between a bad hour and a bad weekend. See everything else that fits your machine in the Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000 and Kawasaki KRX collections, or browse the rest of our Belts & Clutches lineup — and if you're chasing belt life rather than just replacing belts, that's where the clutch kits live too.