Drive belt dressing
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From: White Bear Lake, MN
I doubt that applying a dressing to a toothed drive belt would do anything other than attract dust.
Not that it would harm anything, but these are made to run exposed to all kinds of weather, so keeping anything on them after about a mile of wet roads would be impossible.
I remember in my youth on the farm...old v-belt equipment needed the occasional squirt of belt dressing, but that was on tensioned v-pulleys that used the sides of the belt for friction. The toothed nature of H-D belts eliminates that need. Assuming the tension is within spec, the teeth provide all of the drive, not the sides.
And, just like tires, these belts benefit from yet another 30-40 years of development.
All the best,
Shane
Not that it would harm anything, but these are made to run exposed to all kinds of weather, so keeping anything on them after about a mile of wet roads would be impossible.
I remember in my youth on the farm...old v-belt equipment needed the occasional squirt of belt dressing, but that was on tensioned v-pulleys that used the sides of the belt for friction. The toothed nature of H-D belts eliminates that need. Assuming the tension is within spec, the teeth provide all of the drive, not the sides.
And, just like tires, these belts benefit from yet another 30-40 years of development.
All the best,
Shane
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From: Bedford UK
I've been riding belt drive Harleys for 25 years now in all weathers and never used anything on any of them. I really don't see the need. Bear in mind that the internet is younger than Harley drive belts a lot of strange and interesting things have come along that are distracting!
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