Belt Adjustment
#1
02-06-2019, 07:10 PM
Belt Adjustment
I have my service manual and have read it concerning belt adjustment. Mine is very loose. My question is does everyone use the prescribed HD tension gauge?
I have mine up in the air currently, moving the turn signals and making and installing my quick disconnect hard bag I recently acquired. Would like to get the belt adjusted while it's in the air. Looks like it is near the end of adjustment room, and am hoping there is enough for this last adjustment before belt replacement.
I want to change the front sprocket to an 883 28 tooth, and would like to swap the belt then. I hope!
I have mine up in the air currently, moving the turn signals and making and installing my quick disconnect hard bag I recently acquired. Would like to get the belt adjusted while it's in the air. Looks like it is near the end of adjustment room, and am hoping there is enough for this last adjustment before belt replacement.
I want to change the front sprocket to an 883 28 tooth, and would like to swap the belt then. I hope!
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02-06-2019, 07:23 PM
#4
02-06-2019, 07:35 PM
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#5
02-06-2019, 07:36 PM
#6
02-07-2019, 12:01 AM
Yea I will have to do it by feel for now because it is loose. Will get a gauge on order, to double check myself.
Funny, we left for bible study shortly after I posted this, and it dawned on me, my comment about adjusting it in the air, but it has to be checked sitting on the ground. Have to remember that.
Funny, we left for bible study shortly after I posted this, and it dawned on me, my comment about adjusting it in the air, but it has to be checked sitting on the ground. Have to remember that.
#7
02-07-2019, 06:00 AM
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#8
02-07-2019, 06:11 AM
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I have mine up in the air currently
Move vehicle forward or back, rotating rear wheel to find tightest point in belt. Measure belt deflection at that point.
Measure belt deflection with no rider or cargo on motorcycle, transmission in neutral, belt and sprockets at ambient temperature (cold engine) and motorcycle resting on jiffy stand.
EDIT: Just fully read your second posting - yep.
Last edited by Andy from Sandy; 02-07-2019 at 06:15 AM.
#9
02-07-2019, 06:14 AM
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#10
02-07-2019, 06:45 AM
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As a final thought, is the wheel aligned properly to start with? By turning the adjusters an equal amount means you are putting your faith in the last guy.
I have not made this adjustment on my bike but I have done the adjustment on a trike. All I did then was after an eyeball adjustment was see that the belt rode in the centre of the pulley when I turned the pulley both forward and backward.
I have not made this adjustment on my bike but I have done the adjustment on a trike. All I did then was after an eyeball adjustment was see that the belt rode in the centre of the pulley when I turned the pulley both forward and backward.
Last edited by Andy from Sandy; 02-07-2019 at 06:47 AM.