Belt alignment

[Barlock]

I'm new to Spyders and their alignment issues, but I am somewhat concerned about it after reading so many threads on this forum about all kinds of misalignments. I'm pretty sure there is a reason why Rolo and Lamont offer their services to us.
And now here is my question. I took my RT to the dealer for its first service the day before yesterday, and one of the questions I asked them was about the belt touching the inner rim of a sproket, while the manual says there should be a small gap. When I got the bike back, it looked exactly the same to me and they explained to me that the gap is there, but it is so small, I just couldn't see it, and "that is how it supposed to be," they said, and continued that "if you see the gap it's already too big."
That doesn't sound right to me.
Does it to you?:dontknow:

 

[SNOOPY]

Good question. :thumbup:

 

[3 Wheel Addict]

My belt is REAL close to that lip on the inside. When the torque is applied to the belt it will want to pull the wheel sideways as well as rotate the wheel with the belt centered it could be pulled off the cog. These belts have all their strength in the side walls of the belt so major rubbing on one side could shorten belt life.

 

[MrLooney]

Belt Alignment

It is my understanding the belt alignment on the back sprocket should be somewhere between 1/64" to 1/8" from the rib on the inside edge of the sprocket. There should be a wide space on the outside (left of the belt) of the sprocket.

 

[Sarge707]

My online manual says Minimum (1mm 1/32) to Maximum (5mm 3/16) .

 

[Barlock]

Good point. Thanks.

My belt is REAL close to that lip on the inside. When the torque is applied to the belt it will want to pull the wheel sideways as well as rotate the wheel with the belt centered it could be pulled off the cog. These belts have all their strength in the side walls of the belt so major rubbing on one side could shorten belt life.

Good point. Thanks.

 

[Bob Denman]

If you've got a feeler gauge; throw it in there to see what you've got to work with.
If you don't; keep an eye on your rear wheel...
If you start seeing belt dust all over the inside of the rim; it's rubbing! :shocked:

 

[Barlock]

If you've got a feeler gauge; throw it in there to see what you've got to work with.
If you don't; keep an eye on your rear wheel...
If you start seeing belt dust all over the inside of the rim; it's rubbing! :shocked:

Will do. Thanks for the advice.

 

[NancysToy]

If you can slide your thumbnail in between, it is not touching.

 

[Schnauzer]

1 of the reasons the dealer keeps the belt hugging the inside, is when you travel in reverse, the belt will travel in the opposte direction across the front pulley which in turn will allow the rear to possibly travel enough to come off. Besides just being plan lazy..I found out the 1st time I changed my rear tire myself, It took roughly 30min to take the tire off and put it back on, but about 30 more minutes to tweek the belt so it traveled true in forward and reverse..