So, what I'm seeing there is the piece that goes on top that needs to be filed down?
Yes, that is the
ramp plate. As a minimum the sharp edges on the ramp plate fingers need to be removed. Here is a photo of a new, never used, pre-'07 ramp plate showing what needs to be done:
I took this one step further and removed the entire "hook" at each finger's end, and noticeably radiused the ends.
Not the end of the ramp the sliders sit in then?
Again yes, the sliders sit in the
movable drive pulley face; I.e. the half of the drive pulley that moves in and out to change the drive pulley assembly's pitch. The other, outboard, half is the
fixed drive pulley face.
Note: at the rear of the CVT drive is the
driven pulley/clutch assembly which also has two faces, one movable and one fixed. On the driven pulley assembly it is the outer face that moves--the inner face is fixed.
Also, I put the sliders in the correct way, lubed them up with grafite powder, and the rpms still won't drop. I made extra sure the piece was compressed 100%. I don't know what to do. They are just reacting like regular rollers.
As Bolzen stated no lubricant is needed, in fact none should be used as the plastic material of the rollers is "self-lubricating"
as stated on the DRP website, as is the case with the stock rollers. I realise some have used and even recommended dry lubricants for the CVT rollers/sliders--IMHO this is misguided.
NSFW Warning--their site insists upon playing some sort of silly music when you access it.
Do you have any photos of the sliders--if they are badly worn from the ramp plate's fingers they may no longer be able to perform as they once did.