oldgoat
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Was idly looking at the rear sprocket on my 08 GS as I was waiting to be picked up by the car dealer's shuttle to get our car back from a service & happened to see what looked like damage on the outer edge of the belt. It just happened to be where I could easily see it.
On closer inspection it looked like a very small area of delammination.
I cut off the little piece that I could flap up & darned if I couldn't see the sprocket through a small hole in the belt. Something had obviously got trapped between the sprocket & belt that was hard enough not to get crushed & had poked up into the belt, pushing a bit of the rubber up so I could see it.
Darn. I had a Spyderpops belt guard on as well.
Went onto ebay & found a new OEM one for $139, so bought it.
Read up on belt replacement here, so now have a job I didn't expect to have to do. Only 8000 miles on the belt. Rats!!
I marked the extent of the damage that shows on the top of the belt (no cords seem to have been cut) & went out for a 60 mile ride. Damage did not worsen so that is a relief. Will ride it & keep an eye on it until I can replace it at end of month.
When I do the replacement I will measure the tension in 3 places with my Krikit, remove the wheel as per Lamont's video, examine & smooth the sprockets if they need it & retension the belt to my original Krikit readings if it needs it.
Wish me luck
On closer inspection it looked like a very small area of delammination.
I cut off the little piece that I could flap up & darned if I couldn't see the sprocket through a small hole in the belt. Something had obviously got trapped between the sprocket & belt that was hard enough not to get crushed & had poked up into the belt, pushing a bit of the rubber up so I could see it.
Darn. I had a Spyderpops belt guard on as well.
Went onto ebay & found a new OEM one for $139, so bought it.
Read up on belt replacement here, so now have a job I didn't expect to have to do. Only 8000 miles on the belt. Rats!!
I marked the extent of the damage that shows on the top of the belt (no cords seem to have been cut) & went out for a 60 mile ride. Damage did not worsen so that is a relief. Will ride it & keep an eye on it until I can replace it at end of month.
When I do the replacement I will measure the tension in 3 places with my Krikit, remove the wheel as per Lamont's video, examine & smooth the sprockets if they need it & retension the belt to my original Krikit readings if it needs it.
Wish me luck
