Belt replacement

[greatrides]

Just under 34000 miles on my poor 2014 sts and let's just say the belt would not have gone 1 more miles. I've heard people getting 60000 plus miles on there belts but not this one. I checked it every 10000 miles so now I will be checking and adjusting every oil change!! I hope this also will fix a noise out of the unit too we will see in an hour or so when I get to test ride it. It was not a bad job a couple hours in the back yard taking my time listening to good music and enjoying the sun!!

 

[Trbayth]

That belt looks well used. You sure got your 34K miles out of it.

 

[greatrides]

That I did took a little longer to get it out of Texas but the price was right. The new belt works good and the noise that I had is now gone...so good day!

 

[Flamewinger]

A friend with her 08 RS had just over 78k when she had to replace it.


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[Chupaca]

Yikes...!!

Your right no mileage left on that one. .:yikes: do check the tension and tracking it should have lasted longer...

 

[Trbayth]

Yeah, Bob's right. Do you ride in areas with a lot of loose stone? Roads use chip-and-seal to repave?

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

YOUR BELT

Your right no mileage left on that one. .:yikes: do check the tension and tracking it should have lasted longer...

:agree: ........Also IMHO that belt appears to be DEFECTIVE and not damaged by external causes......Did the dealer say anything about this ????.... Have you brought up the possibility ????.... ALSO what tension were you running that belt at ????.....Mike :bbq:

 

[greatrides]

:agree: ........Also IMHO that belt appears to be DEFECTIVE and not damaged by external causes......Did the dealer say anything about this ????.... Have you brought up the possibility ????.... ALSO what tension were you running that belt at ????.....Mike :bbq:

This poor spyder has been in the shop for 150 days. The last time was for the last 3 months and they said it was tracking and the tension was good they could not tell me why it did not last. I don't ride on dirt or Stone roads I do ride fast but that's about it.

 

[Trevor G]

Check belt tracking

This poor spyder has been in the shop for 150 days. The last time was for the last 3 months and they said it was tracking and the tension was good they could not tell me why it did not last. I don't ride on dirt or Stone roads I do ride fast but that's about it.

When you adjust it's important to make sure that the belt isn't tracking.

It's easier if you jack up the rear wheel. You can also check by rolling the bike backwards at least 2 bike lengths.

If it's out of alignment (meaning that the rear wheel adjusters need adjusting to "straighten" the axle so that it is properly at right angles to the front belt pulley) when you push the bike backwards the belt will slip sideways compared to the position it adopts when you move the bike forwards.

At no time should the belt be rubbing against the lip of the rear pulley - it's supposed to always have about 1mm clearance. More importantly, the belt should stay in the same position irrespective of whether the wheel is rotated forwards or backwards, but note that it takes several rotations of the rear wheel in reverse to let the belt reposition itself if the wheel is out of alignment.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT

When you adjust it's important to make sure that the belt isn't tracking.

It's easier if you jack up the rear wheel. You can also check by rolling the bike backwards at least 2 bike lengths.

If it's out of alignment (meaning that the rear wheel adjusters need adjusting to "straighten" the axle so that it is properly at right angles to the front belt pulley) when you push the bike backwards the belt will slip sideways compared to the position it adopts when you move the bike forwards.

At no time should the belt be rubbing against the lip of the rear pulley - it's supposed to always have about 1mm clearance. More importantly, the belt should stay in the same position irrespective of whether the wheel is rotated forwards or backwards, but note that it takes several rotations of the rear wheel in reverse to let the belt reposition itself if the wheel is out of alignment.

Sorry Trevor .....but IMHO.....I don't think you know what you are talking about on this ...........Mike :bbq: