Drive Belt Damaged
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Drive Belt Damaged
Hey guys. Just picked up my first harley so I'm pretty excited. It's a 2006 Electra Glide Classic and I was just going over it to make sure everything looked good. It has 6500 miles on it and I found this as I spun the belt over and wanted to see what your guys opinions were. I did some searches and saw some were repairing them with JB weld but I didn't see any damage pictures so I'm not sure if this one looks too bad to try to patch or not.
Thanks,
Conrad
Thanks,
Conrad
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From: ID Ho
Harley says: edge cuts or rock punctures, repalce now. Center punctures moniter and evaluate.
I ran one on my Road King for over 5000 miles with 9 rock punctures. Changed it when I was doing some other primary work, never had a problem. Just my experience.
I wouldnt do any hard launching, that will let you know if its a week spot.
I ran one on my Road King for over 5000 miles with 9 rock punctures. Changed it when I was doing some other primary work, never had a problem. Just my experience.
I wouldnt do any hard launching, that will let you know if its a week spot.
Last edited by hog-doc; Dec 18, 2009 at 12:05 AM.
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Thats the rear driven pully thats damaged how is the belt just the blemish you showed.
Not an expert but w/ that low milage woud think you could replace just the Wheel pully if its bad.
Russ
not a mechanic just my opinion I would ask someone in the industry what are the effect of running like this
Not an expert but w/ that low milage woud think you could replace just the Wheel pully if its bad.
Russ
not a mechanic just my opinion I would ask someone in the industry what are the effect of running like this
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Thats the rear driven pully thats damaged how is the belt just the blemish you showed.
Not an expert but w/ that low milage woud think you could replace just the Wheel pully if its bad.
Russ
not a mechanic just my opinion I would ask someone in the industry what are the effect of running like this
Not an expert but w/ that low milage woud think you could replace just the Wheel pully if its bad.
Russ
not a mechanic just my opinion I would ask someone in the industry what are the effect of running like this
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I have almost 5k miles on a damaged belt, although mine is closer to the edge of the belt than yours, caused by a small sharp flint I removed from the belt. I don't have that damage to my pulley. Your belt looks fine, but I would replace the pulley, as it may damage the belt in many places.
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Drive belt damage
I discovered a similat damaged area in my drive belt on my 2007 EG Classic when it had only about 5,000 miles on it. I now have over 40,000 miles on it, and rarely even think about it. Just an occasional visual inspection, and it is hard to find now.
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Steve
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You should be OK with the damage in the middle of the belt. As far as the pully there is usually several new pullys on e-bay or this forum for sell fairly cheap (I bought one for $20) that was a new take-off. Lots of guys put chrome pullys on when they buy custom wheels. Its a pain to change the belt. Buy a shop manual, it is very detailed about how to do the work.
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I remember reading a post here about someone repairing a belt.They placed some kind of epoxy on the belt and put some tape on the pulley.Rotated the wheel so the damaged area was over the splines of the pulley with the tape in between.
Dont know if this would really work.
Dont know if this would really work.
Last edited by 1flhtk4me; Jan 24, 2010 at 07:47 AM.