| Author | Message | ||
     Nobuell |
I removed the wheel to have new tires installed. During the belt inspection I noticed dents in the pulley teeth. A closer inspection revealed that a small stone (3/15" dia) became trapped under the belt damaging the pulley and embedding into the belt. I plucked the stone out and then noticed a crack across the belt adjacent to the location of the stone.  The belt had almost 19K miles so a replacement did not bother me. Called Al at American Sport Bike and they shipped a new belt, pulley, hardware and a new set of front pads (while apart). Great folks to work with! | ||
| Darth_villar |
Al and Joanne are the best! I just got a belt from them, arrived two business days later! | ||
| Uly_man |
The belt seems like it can deal with very small stone nicks but that could also be an age thing. Who knows? I am not sure about the FST, even though I have had them on both bikes but I think they may stop stones damaging the belt/rear pulley as much as they might. Again who knows and what proof is there? One thing I do is to replace the belt back on the bike in the same position it came off. And I check the rear pulley for damage and remove any "nicks" or sharp edges. I also pray a lot and sacrifice a bottle of Wild Turkey over the work. | ||
| Nobuell |
Wild Turkey does have a way of knocking the sharp edges off of any pulley teeth. | ||
| Nobuell |
Wild Turkey will defiantly help knock the sharp edges off. I can't complain about the belt life. 19K miles is not bad considering there was zero maintenance to be performed on it. Who knows how long it would have lasted since only the rubber was separated but not the tension elements. |
