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[Lastchance]

If your tension is where you want it don't touch the left side, on the right adjuster if the end cap is loose you need to snug it up then adjust right pulling axle back about 1/4 turn road test and do it again if necessary. If that end cap isn't tight or snug the axle will move forward as you tighten the axle nut.

 

[Stumpy6Guns]

I'm thinking that smacking the end caps with a small (1lb) deadblow mallet several times during the tightening process would keep the wheel in place as well.

I have a 36mm crowfoot on order. My socket is just a tad shallow, and I don't get full engagement on the nut. It tends to hurt my body if it slips off while I am torquing that mother down!

 

[BajaRon]

maybe they need an outside flange, too
i thought these were built with perfection in mind.
like im gonna stick my head back there and let someone back
over me. too many people want to.

Having a flange on the outside of the pulley would not be a good idea. The belt is not supposed to touch the inside flange. Same would be true for an outside flange. The inside flange is just a reference for adjustment.

Is there any relationship between the belt gap and the alignment of the tire to the frame?

Here's why I ask - the shop manual front end alignment pretty much ignores the rear tire. The front wheels are aligned to the frame. My belt took 3/4 of a turn of the right screw just to get it off of the flange, and it needs a bit more to get it where it should be. This shifted the rear wheel's alignment to the right, inducing a slight vehicle pull to the left. I haven't experienced a problem, but it has to be there. The bike handles differently than before I worked on it.

If the belt is riding on the rear sprocket within spec, is the rear wheel aligned to the frame? I suspect not, since there are other variables in play.
This is why the laser alignment is better. All three wheels are in the proper relationship to each other, ensuring that the bike will track true. Ignoring the rear wheel and aligning to the frame almost guarantees an error in alignment, unless the belt tracking is a precise indicator of rear wheel alignment to the frame, which I strongly doubt.

The only way to align the rear wheel to the frame is if you are also able to move the engine. If you align the rear wheel to the frame it is guaranteed that the belt will not track correctly on the sprockets. You align the rear pulley to the front pulley, and the front wheels to the rear wheel. That is why the frame is completely ignored by the ROLO laser alignment system. Instead, that system aligns the front wheels to the rear wheels which is the only way to get correct alignment on the Spyder.

But some are still using the frame as reference and that is a big mistake.

I'm thinking that smacking the end caps with a small (1lb) deadblow mallet several times during the tightening process would keep the wheel in place as well.

I have a 36mm crowfoot on order. My socket is just a tad shallow, and I don't get full engagement on the nut. It tends to hurt my body if it slips off while I am torquing that mother down!

I have found the best way to adjust the alignment on the rear wheel is to always adjust outward. In other words, I always make adjustments by tightening the adjusters. Never by loosening. First, I set my axle nut with a great deal of friction. Loose enough so the adjusters will move it. But tight enough so that there is no way it will move on its own.

If I go to far (tightening an adjuster) then I will loosen that adjuster, smack the rear tire with a dead blow hammer until the axle moves forward taking up the slack on the adjuster and start over. I've had pretty good luck getting the belt adjusted correctly that way.

Of course you need to check belt tension often during the process. A properly aligned belt is no use if the tension is not also correct.

 

[philsteinhauser]

East Bay Service
Who provides the best service in the SF Bay Area? I need belt alignment for my 2016 RT.


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[Gray Ghost]

East Bay Service
Who provides the best service in the SF Bay Area? I need belt alignment for my 2016 RT.


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I don't know much about dealers in Cali, but when I was traveling through a couple of years ago Elk Grove Powersports was really good to me.