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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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Can you run the rear pulley backwards? I know the belt tracks towards the inside going one way, and the outside going the other, but what difference does it make which way you mount the pulley? Is it just for aligmnment, or is the pulley designed to only rotate in one direction?
 
Old Dec 25, 2008 | 08:49 AM
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Depends on if you are north or south of the equator as to which side goes out
 
Old Dec 25, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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Depends on if you are north or south of the equator as to which side goes out
Ah-ha, I git it, 'reverse' logic, VERY clever, indeed.
 
Old Dec 25, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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try puting it on a sporster or another right side drive and tell the rest of us
 
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Or if one is dyslexic ! or is that cixelsyd ?
 
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