belt adjustment

[J W Miller]

I did my own belt adjustment today. Had to remove hitch,loosen up muffler to get room for the old deep 36mm socket found in tool box(old VW days) Took about 1.5 Hours. I used Nancy's way of testing belt tension.Belt was was very loose. I also noticed how easy it was to loosen axel, nut, could not have been tight enough.
Sure made a better smoother running machine. Bike is 2010 RTS

[boborgera]

old deep 36mm socket found in tool box(old VW days)

Memories, In 1971 I bought a 36 mm to pull the flywheel [gland nut] on my VW Dune Buggy,
It sat in my tool box never to be used again until the Spyder came along.:2thumbs:
That tool is almost as old as some of my underwear. :D