Replacing Primary Belt. Help!
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Replacing Primary Belt. Help!
Just shredded the Primo Rivero belt in the primary on my '93 FXR. It's the regular enclosed primary. Can I leave the pully at the rear (clutch) end on and just slip the new belt over it?
Do I really need to align anything since it ran OK for the past seven years before shredding? If so, how so?
I get a small amount of oil leaking from the crank into the primary. Somebody once told me there's a seal behind the front pulley that gets reversed when installing a dry belt system and that's most likely my problem. How will I know whether it's in incorrectly or not?
Thanks!
Do I really need to align anything since it ran OK for the past seven years before shredding? If so, how so?
I get a small amount of oil leaking from the crank into the primary. Somebody once told me there's a seal behind the front pulley that gets reversed when installing a dry belt system and that's most likely my problem. How will I know whether it's in incorrectly or not?
Thanks!
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Some of them you slip over but it's a real pain in the *** to get it over the front pulley then with out stretching and maybe damaging the belt , those run pretty tight anyway . Once the belt has been mugged by wresting in and over tight spots you actually damage the internal fiber bans and it will track off and eat it self fast . Ask me how I know that one at $130 a pop for the belt that lasted 30 miles .
Do nothing to the motor seal it won't make any difference with today's better seals , the old single lip one's you did that with we're talking early shovelhead years . The new seals work both ways with the double lip tech .
Do nothing to the motor seal it won't make any difference with today's better seals , the old single lip one's you did that with we're talking early shovelhead years . The new seals work both ways with the double lip tech .
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