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Hellonwheels
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ok I looked around and cant really find the right answer, I might be posting this in the wrong area, (sorry if I am) I got a new belt put on (not at the dealership) and just want to make sure Im not gonna ruin another one to soon, any advice,
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Aldaytona
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 10:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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Nutsnbolt
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 10:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yea, ride it.

You had an 03 belt, right?

Well, I may be wrong, but I don't think I am. But those belts were known to be faulty, and the new ones are supposed to be better. Just slap it on and ride. Keep the belt guards on.

Mark
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12r
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The belt on my 04 Firebolt moved up-and-down about 2 mm at the slackest point when it was new. 12k mi later the same belt moves about 4 mm. No problems.
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Barker
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 11:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Too tight?

How could one install a belt too tight?

How could one adjust if it were too tight?

03 belts, dont twist em, and your fine. I got 20k on my stock factory 03 belt and still going. I run it with no belt gruards!

(Message edited by barker on January 11, 2007)
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Xring
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 11:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There is no adjustment for belt tension.

It does seem like they are very tight.

Good luck,
Bill
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Spatten1
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If they keep wearing prematurely then you can get an aftermarket tensioner with a spring
OR
Go chain drive.

No adjustment sucks. I wish annony would explain what the advantages are to no adjustment, and why that outweighs the downside for repetitive belt failures for the small but significant (significant to us) percentage of us.
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Hellonwheels
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 12:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wow you guys are fast....Thanks

Yeah I just wanted to make sure that there wasnt a way to adjust it, I left the gaurds on and didnt plan to take them off,

I will keep riding it and look into chain conversion later (maybe)
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Daves
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 01:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

follow the directions in the service manual.
Follow all of them.
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Hellonwheels
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 01:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

dont have one and I didnt do the belt myself I took it to a local bike shop He never did a buell but he has done harleys' so I trusted him when he said he was able to do it, I just wanted to make sure that there wasnt a way to see if it was to tight...
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Firebolteric_ma
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 01:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

He never did a buell but he has done harleys'

Letting a harley guy work on a buell?! You are askin for it now.

That is my #1 rule....NEVER let a harley mech. work on my bike. Hopefully you won't find out why.
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Daves
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 01:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

good luck
The 03 belt on your Buell is nothing like a HD belt.
Not sayin he didn't do it right but it is very easy to do it wrong.
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Hellonwheels
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 01:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

He works on all kinds of bikes, not just one kind, See now Im worried very bad, but i guess I will just keep riding and keep my fingers crossed,
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Cmm213
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 07:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If he is a good wrench- then he should know better than to abuse belts. Such as twisting , prying and pinching them smaller than the front sprocket.
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Skully
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 09:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No adjustment sucks. I wish annony would explain what the advantages are to no adjustment,...

I love having no adjustment. I now have over 30,000 miles of commuting, sport touring, drag racing, and competitive road racing in the CMRA and have had absolutely no belt related problems what so ever. However, I do all of the wrenching on my bike.


OHR Turn 2


For sure, with no adjustment, you don't have to worry about properly setting belt tension and you don't have to worry about wheel alignment.

Keith
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Tbolt_pilot
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 11:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There is no adjustment for belt tension.


From what I understand and can see on the bike, there is no adjustment needed because the newer belts don't stretch (well, not significantly) AND... the solid idler pulley is actually there make the belt and the swingarm move in the same arch. Therefore it does not get tighter or loose when the swingarm moves (as it does on my tuber) because the front pulley is forward of the swingarm pivot, they would move in different, ie. different length, arch's. the idler simply corrects the belt angles.
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