Busted drive belt
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Busted drive belt
Bought bike in November 07 with 4900 miles ( Army Ranger always deployed) Today with a hair over 31000 on the clock i ease away from stop sign after exiting I-57 and the drive belt snapped. Anyone tell me about how long it takes to replace and about what a new belt costs? anything else i should look at while it's down? One stealer qouted me "approximately 670.00". Being on a fixed income and minimaly mechanically inclined i need to save some money and do it myself if i've got the right tools. I've got a buddy who's changed one once before to give me a hand.
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First off, thank you for your service.
Second...I am also on active duty, and if you were local I'd help you do it.
Get youself some gaskets, some oil, drain that primary, and just do it yourself. Too many guys are paying the dealer a fortune to do stuff that is eaily doable to a guy with the ***** to actually do it.
You CAN do it.
~Joe
Second...I am also on active duty, and if you were local I'd help you do it.
Get youself some gaskets, some oil, drain that primary, and just do it yourself. Too many guys are paying the dealer a fortune to do stuff that is eaily doable to a guy with the ***** to actually do it.
You CAN do it.
~Joe
Last edited by traveler; Nov 22, 2010 at 08:46 PM.
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Bought bike in November 07 with 4900 miles ( Army Ranger always deployed) Today with a hair over 31000 on the clock i ease away from stop sign after exiting I-57 and the drive belt snapped. Anyone tell me about how long it takes to replace and about what a new belt costs? anything else i should look at while it's down? One stealer qouted me "approximately 670.00". Being on a fixed income and minimaly mechanically inclined i need to save some money and do it myself if i've got the right tools. I've got a buddy who's changed one once before to give me a hand.
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Gotta agree. If you don't have the space, the skill, the time, or the tools, this is not the job to start with. Like Dave said, you have to remove the whole back of the bike, as well as muck around in the primary.
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I'm going to disagree on how difficult a job this is. I consider myself to have moderate mechanical skills. I just changed the belt on my bike in May. You don't have to remove the swingarm. The book says you do, but you don't. Get a service manual to guide you on primary remvoal. You just need to remove BOTH rear shocks (keep the swing arm blocked evenly on both sides) then just tap the pivot shaft over until you get a gap enough to get the belt through. It makes sense when you see the area on the bike I'm talking about. This lets you get the belt past the swing arm pivot without bending it at all. Worked slick for me.
Only special tool you should need is something to lock the primary assembly together as you loosen the clutch hub nut and comp bolt. A wood dowel works if you don't have the tool.
Wish you were closer, I'd help you out.
Zach
Only special tool you should need is something to lock the primary assembly together as you loosen the clutch hub nut and comp bolt. A wood dowel works if you don't have the tool.
Wish you were closer, I'd help you out.
Zach