HERE IS ANOTHER SET OF PICTURES, A BIT CLEARER


http://www.totally-cuckoo.com/18.07....%20repairs.htm

 

Wow that sprocket is toasted!

What does the front sprocket look like?

Almost looks like dirt got in it and ground it away.

 

Thanks for that - very interesting.

Doesn't it? I don't know what the front sprocket looks like as I haven't started the job yet. But as the belt and rear sprocket look like that, I doubt the front one is pristine...

 

So, I got a second opinion. Warrs reckon that the wear isn't excessive, but if the teeth on the belt aren't split, chipped or cracking (and they aren't) the belt/sprocket could be good to run few a few miles yet. They reckon the wear can

With that in mind, I think the pressure's off to get this done right this second. Which is good because I need to recover from getting two new tyres and a full set of brake pads. I'm going to keep a close eye on the belt and keep running it while I get the required parts together. We also might be moving house in the next month or two, which will put me closer to public transportation in the event that the bike is out of commission for longer than a weekend, so I'll probably wait for that to happen too.

 

So my 2012 roadglide has 27k and is doing the same thing,, the dealer told me its not warranty.. I am ready to trade for a Honda... no joke.. paying 500 a month on a bike that needs a $1000 repair after 11 months.. complete bulls--t....

did you get anywhere with this?

 

Well kinda sorta.

Since this thread was last active, I've moved to somewhere which has an enclosed garage, but it's separate from the actual block of flats, has no power, no lighting, no water and a floor that appears to be made of some kind of stale sponge cake.

The belt and sprocket are still in a fairly similar state to my earlier pictures. There's been some deterioration, but not to the point where the belt looks like its about to let go. I'd post some fresh pictures, but the bikes in the body shop at the moment after a girl in a Ford Fiesta bumped into the back of it while I was stationary in traffic. I'm not saying she was texting, but anyway...

Now, I've reviewed as much information on doing this as I can, and I absolutely believe it can be done at home by someone with a reasonable degree of experience with a spanner and the bajingos to have a go at it. I think the fact that Fix My Hog just released a video on how to do it confirms my suspicions.

But while I'm willing to do it and have been gathering the tools etc to do it, I think frankly my Garage of Doom is not the place to be pulling a Road King apart (insert snarky comments from backyard spanner whirlers here). So I'm going to suck it up and get whichever is the cheapest (Ha Ha da Ha) Dealer out of my limited selection.

But despite the irritation of doing this, people (enough to remark on) have reported absurdly high mileage from the original belt and I have no problem replacing one with another. I think in any system where you've got a belt (or chain) exposed to elements in an area where all kinds of grime is going to be flying around, it's entirely possible that something got in there and abraded the faces of the sprocket and there you go. Unfortunate, but if I was hell-bent on protecting the final drive as much as possible, I'd be riding a Honda Cub. Although the new Moto Guzzi 1400 California's shaft drive looks like a great idea right about now...

I don't think it's a defect in design or anything. It may be that a tech tightened the belt a little too much or got it out of true, but I have no evidence of that. So I'm going to have them deal with it (and a mild electrical glitch) and move on.

 

I should also mention that the whole assembly has had another 5,500 miles put on it and still appears to be holding on OK.

 

If that belt isn't cracking, or peeling teeth off of it, I wouldn't worry much about it. Those belts are very tough, it is very strange that your pulleys look like that though, being such a new bike.

 

Bought mine with 35K on it.. have over 110K on it now.. and I don't think the belt was changed before I bought it..

 

Just had to replace my rear pulley and belt on a 2006 Electra glide luckily my cousin is a HD mechanic and we had all the tools , this job could be a nightmare if you never have never done one I suggest have a pro do it. Dealer quote was like $850.00 Mine broke from a pebble that flew up into the pulley while my road was being paved otherwise my bike has 9200 miles on it