Rear pulley wear

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Mar 4, 2014 | 10:59 AM

Florida Swamp Yankee

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Rear pulley wear

Removed rear wheel for tire change and noticed a good deal of galling/spalling on bottom of rear pulley teeth. Haven't looked at drive pulley yet.

Bike has 51k on it, daily rider, always road construction around Orlando. Drive through sandy grit a lot.

Is this a culprit for this kind of wear? Last tire change belt was ok.

How many of you have seen this and at what point did you change the pulley?

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Mar 4, 2014 | 05:34 PM

Punjabi Rider

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Sounds about normal mostly rear pulleys go out way before a belt or front pulley had mine replaced at about 70K miles.And its not cheap either.

Mar 4, 2014 | 11:38 PM

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Mar 5, 2014 | 08:31 AM

camsmith

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Yeah what he said...supermax...let them fix it and you'll never have to fool with it again...Went through that on my POS 04 Ironhorse...

Mar 5, 2014 | 09:38 AM

Boomer1143

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I noted the same thing on my bike when I installed a new tire. The belt looks good so I'm just running it. It would be impossible to keep all the sand and small road debris out of the pulley. I would continue to run it until it's time for a new belt. Just my .02

Mar 5, 2014 | 10:53 AM

Florida Swamp Yankee

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Originally Posted by camsmith

Yeah what he said...supermax...let them fix it and you'll never have to fool with it again...Went through that on my POS 04 Ironhorse...

Nice! I will probably do this at next tire change. Did you replace just the rear?
What was the cost?

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Mar 5, 2014 | 11:09 AM

ohioflhs

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I have about 42K on my 2008 FLHTC. The pulley looks like chrome is peeling off the teeth but the belt looks fine. I am going to replace my rear pulley only with the 68 tooth Japanese sportster one for a little more torque to the back wheel. They are around $200.