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Warlizard
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 01:10 pm: |
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How much give s/ drive belt have w/ bike just sitting? I know to properly check you need 2 people and shock tension needs to be released. W/ out going thru all that is there a way to "ball park" it? My belt only has about a 1/2 inch of give while standing. Sure seems tight. I prefer to run mine as loose as possible. How much give do you guys have w/ bike standing? Thanx. |
5liter
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 01:31 pm: |
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I have 1 inch of travel with the bike on the side stand. I've got 36,000 mile on the original belt. |
Sleez
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 01:34 pm: |
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run it loose, it will be nicer to your isolators! |
Warlizard
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 01:51 pm: |
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I am w/out a service manual. How does one go about adjusting tension? My tool supply is pretty basic but I was hoping to be able to do this myself. Thanx Again. |
Sleez
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 02:15 pm: |
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you need to loosen the axle nut and adjust the adj bolts??? at the rear to move the axle forward, just do it evenly! i don't have an aluminum swingarm bike manual or i'd be more specific. |
Jayvee
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 02:56 pm: |
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I like it so loose that from the top, it can easily push down to touch the swingarm. "floppy loose" If you have calipers use them to check the even-ness between left and right side. Measure from the front of the adjustor to the front of the notch in the swingarm that the adjustor slides in. I just now forget how close the measurement has to be, it's like within 1mm of each other, or something like that, now I forget the tolerance. Doh! I had just looked it up. |
Jos51700
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 08:44 pm: |
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'Friggin loose, compared to any other bike. 1.5 inches if memory serves. |
Scott_in_nh
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 08:57 pm: |
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I can easily push mine into the swingarm too. As mentioned, use calipers to square it up. |
Chasespeed
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 09:06 pm: |
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There are different names for it... But, some call mine STUPID loose, or scary loose. Personally, I have NOT ever jumped a cog with the belt too loose.... there is slack.. but... it wont jump.... Being able to push the belt to the swing arm... is pretty much spot on... Chase |
Warlizard
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 09:21 pm: |
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Just to be clear, when you guys say "push to the swingarm". From what point? Center of belt? The top and push down or the opposite? I am completely green on this. |
Scott_in_nh
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 09:44 pm: |
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At least for me, I push it down where the belt and swingarm are close toward the front of the swingarm. The beltguard prevents doing it further back. |
Chasespeed
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:02 pm: |
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Same here.. around the pivot area... IN fact, on mine, I have a slight polished area, where the belt rubs occassionally... Chase |
Scott_in_nh
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:05 pm: |
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I have a slight polished area, where the belt rubs occassionally... same here.... |
5liter
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:56 pm: |
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I had mine too loose and it jumped the cogs on acceleration from a red light. That was spooky so I tightened it up to where it is now. |
Bad_karma
| Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 03:50 am: |
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You will hear a chirping on acceleration from dead stop any looser and the belt will jump. I have adjusted so the chirping just goes away. I can push the belt from the bottom to touch the swing arm. It also helps the adjustment of the belt if per load and spring rates are close for your weight. Joe (Message edited by bad_karma on April 26, 2008) |
Buellgekk
| Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 05:17 am: |
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With an X1 swingarm you should be able to push the belt against the underside of the swingarm with a bit of pressure. |
Silas_clone
| Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 09:47 pm: |
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Put the bike up on jack stands, remove the rear shock bolt. Use some wood wedges under the tire to raise the rear wheel until the drive sprocket, swing arm pivot and rear sprocket are in a straight line. Adjust the belt [get a manual] until the belt is taunt. Put it all back together. Disclaimer- this is how I do it Lafayette, are you out there? |
Djkaplan
| Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 03:01 pm: |
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With the shock off, I was surprised how much slack the belt needed so it wouldn't get tight when the axle, swingarm pivot, and output shaft were lined up. The belt tension changes pretty quickly with just small amounts of swingarm rotation. If you ever have the rear shock off, check it that way. It'll surprise you. |
Silas_clone
| Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 04:07 pm: |
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I bought the new style belt from AL, some sort of XB. I ran the original belt even more loose than this one. I think my "taunt" concept has changed. I don't think I used the adjusters to tighten the belt last time, just this time. "Scary loose" seems to be fine??? Even REALLY SCARY LOOSE works... |
Igneroid
| Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 05:54 pm: |
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I tried the "REALLY SCARY LOOSE" thing and was jumping cogs every hard shift. Im back to "Sorta Scary Loose" and all seems fine. Im thinkin the only advantage to REALLY SCARY LOOSE is savin the belt when a rock gets tangled up in there. |