How to Remove Front Pulley

[toolie]

Does anyone know easiest way to remove the front pulley?
How much belt slack is needed?
How to get enough slack? These things are good to know before you start the process of cleaning the splines and lubeing with moly paste. Thanks in advance

[jcthorne]

Remove the lower shock bolt and lower the rear swing arm. You will have sufficient slack to remove the belt.

[Spyderlass]

Lift the bike using a jack on the lower rear shock mount (big wodge of cloth to protect it) pull the belt outwards and rotate the rear wheel, keep pulling and rotating, the belt will walk off the pulley. Replace it by reversing the process so it walks on.

Edit: Oops, shoulda said, the rear pulley.

[h0gr1der]

Does anyone know easiest way to remove the front pulley?
How much belt slack is needed?
How to get enough slack? These things are good to know before you start the process of cleaning the splines and lubeing with moly paste. Thanks in advance

Mr. toolie,

As has been said many times on this forum, it helps to know what you are working on. It matters because there are significant differences between models and years. Here's my take on it for a 2018 RTL with air rear suspension. I thank Mr Finless for this info, worked perfectly! https://youtu.be/MWtbQPdKd8w

So, on the RTL model with air suspension. Do disconnect the arm (first) to the height sensor about midway down the belt. Do jack the bike up on the rear of the center frame until the tire starts to get light. Do remove the lower shock bolt using the jack to create looseness in the bolt. Continue jacking until the belt goes slack. It will fall of the rear pulley at this point. I'm not sure what you'll have to remove to access the front pulley, on my RTL I had to pull the whole left side and mirror to just check the torque on that particular bolt. There are a bunch of good videos on Tupperware removal.

If you have an F3 or other model, your procedure will be different.

[Freddy]

In one of his earlier posts hogrider, he says :2017 F3L - there, we're all happy now I hope.

Bad luck about 'the never ending rear wheel bearing fiasco'

I hope this job goes better for you.