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Old Dec 14, 2019 | 07:03 AM
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I know the belt is supposed to track somewhat to the outside of the rear pulley but I am still getting this weird Woo-Woo noise so I am going to try to get it to track a little away from the outside and more to the center and hopefully still be within alignment specs. My question is, looking from the rear of the bike, which way would I move the axle to have the belt track away from the outside of the rear pulley? It seems I would move the right side back or the left side forward but read where that would make it track "more" to the outside. I am confused. Thanks for any help.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2019 | 07:07 AM
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WooWoo's been banned, but don't move it to far. Check the alignment first.
Any rubbing evident somewhere else?
 
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Old Dec 14, 2019 | 07:22 AM
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It's not rubbing anywhere else and alignment is dead on. I don't plan on moving far just want to know which way.Thanks

 
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I suggest that you align the wheels and then see what the bike and belt does. This worked perfectly for me: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/2018-...ent-check.html
 
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