Hi All,

I have just purchased an Australian delivered 2009 Road King. I have obtained a belt tension guage but am unsure of what to do with the back wheel (loosen what and adjust how?)to make a belt adjustment and what torque the back wheel nut should be done up to. Could someone please help?

Cheers
Garry from Oz

 

Hey Gazza

A shop manual is a good investment, it tells you exactly what to do.

Check the tension before you do anything:
Bike on ground
Bike in neutral
Belt deflection should be 3/8 to 7/16" or 9.5mm to 11.1mm with 10lbs of force on the belt. the tool lets you put the right amount of force on the belt, but its not essential. Each gradation on the sight window is 1/8".


Basically:
Remove both mufflers (unless you have the HD tools)
remove the circlip
Slacken the cone nut
adjust tension by rotating weld nut
hold weld nut and tension cone nut to 100 ftlb torque.

I have done this a few times now and i often need to do it over as i over tension the belt when torquing up the cone nut. Its easier with a lift...

Good luck...