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Aaomy
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 12:34 pm: |
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can a old buell-sporty drive belt be run over a tensioner pulley like the current xb belts? would the "back flexing?" hurt it any?? many thanks aaron |
Chasespeed
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 01:02 pm: |
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I wouldnt think so.. based on how I have seen some of them packaged. But, I dont know for sure.. Chase |
Jos51700
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 03:42 pm: |
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Historically, it's been done before. Successfully? I dunno. |
Oldog
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 09:40 pm: |
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AARON! what are you cooking up now ? If you come up with a constant tension device (no springs) please share! BTW one of the new belts is the correct length to fit a tube frame buell (Message edited by oldog on April 24, 2008) |
Hugie03flhr
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:51 pm: |
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I think it would work. Just make sure that pulley is dead straight!!! |
Sloppy
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:26 am: |
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FWIW, 2009 GM vehicles (being introduced on the Hummer) will be coming out with a BELT drive with NO TENSIONER! We're seeing the next generation of belt drive technology -- so your belt will soon never require ANY adjustment... |
Bad_karma
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 02:18 am: |
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I didn't think these belts were to be bent back wards? That would be my only concern, not sure where I herd that though. Joe |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 05:53 am: |
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Just run a XB12X belt. |
Aaomy
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 07:20 am: |
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thanks guys,, i would switch but my current belt is still strong and fine,, plus i have a almost new spare. i dont want to set a constant tension "still want a little slack" but just remove some of the "back lash". and keep it more consistent threw the swing arm travel. bad karma, had herd the same? but dont know fact from fiction.. is the bent backwards over "?" radius ok? have a million other projects to do.. but the back lash has been bothering me. probably because i had to increase it for the increased swingarm travel,, ugh. |
Jos51700
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 07:27 am: |
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They can be bent backwards to a certain degree, about a 6" diameter circle at the max, BUT I may be wrong on that. They used to come with a sheet that had a picture on it. |
Aaomy
| Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 10:01 pm: |
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any one have this sheet?? it would be greatly appreciated.. many thanks to all you guys for posting.. |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 08:51 am: |
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XB12X belts do not fit! I have been wrong all this time. |
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