good evening fellow Harley riders.... i have a issue and need some other input as i have done everything i can. My belt broke on my 2003 ultra anniversary edition. I changed the belt like you would always do put the spacers back in they way they are suppose to go and did all the things you are suppose to do and did it twice cause i thought i messed up but still having the issue. The bike runs and shifts but when you try to push it you cant hardly push it like the tire is rubbing on something and its not. I rode it up my driveway a few times and no change and when you go to stop you don't need brakes cause it seems like its rubbing and stops like quick not like it normally would if your rolling to a stop sign. I put new brakes pads on it but they are not binding or anything.. You also can not turn it with your hand you have to use both hands and its still hard to turn like really hard and the bike is in neutral. I don't know where to go from here. The bearings are all good and it was not like this before the belt broke. any help or ideas would be appreciated cause i am ready to drop a stick of dynamite in the gas tank....lmao yes its that bad.

 

For starters, year, model and any modifications to the bike are needed. Something is definitely binding up somewhere. Did you try spinning it before final tightening of the axle bolt? Did you verify belt tension?

 

Says 2003 Anniversary Ultra

 

Just a guess Adjusted your belt to tight

 

I would not have road it even in the driveway
Does 2003 have the newer style with Cam? Did you use a gauge to set tension?

 

Does the transmission shift through all gears correctly, and back to neutral correctly? If the brakes won't fully release, the caliper and rotor will get hot really quickly.

Start with the rear wheel off the ground. If it won't spin freely in neutral, remover the caliper and check again, If it still won't spin freely, losen the belt and check it again. If the wheel spins freely after the caliper or belt is losened then they are the problem. If not, check to see if the trans pulley turns freely with the trans in neutral. You may need to remove the rear wheel to check the rear pulley.

When the belt breaks, it usually just spits it out the back. But I've seen cases where the belt will get caught in the front pully and cause other damage.

Paul

 

Check your rotor and make sure it is between the pads and not between pad and caliper. Very easy for the pads to shift while reinstalling.

 

Check the rear caliper ... Possible piston sticking ... Mounting correct ... Crack bleeder valve on caliper ... Check @chopper_man suggestion too

 

Pull your caliper or pads and see if you can rotate your wheel freely. If it's free, then your brake pads/caliper are the problem. Or, perhaps your spacers are incorrectly placed, but you should be able to see the belt is aligned.

That's one of the downsides of changing several variables at once.

John

 

Im going to throw my hat in the ring and say its a spacer on the rear axle that's not in the right spot, that throws off the disc alignment to the caliper. Do you have the factory service manual to look at the diagrams to check the spacer layout? So easy to put it on in the wrong sequence, im a club member lol. Hopefully something simple and cheap for you.