captainryder
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I just returned from a short shake-down trip from Kansas City to Lake of the Ozarks. First run with my new Alumna Trailer. I post more on another thread.
I was parked at the Ozark H.D. dealership in Lebanon, MO and someone looking over my Spyder saw a rock that appeared to be sitting on top of my belt and went to brush it off and it wouldn't budge. Upon further inspection he noticed that it was wedged into the Kevlar Belt. I wasn't at my Spyder at the time, so he went inside the dealership and had me paged over the intercom.... ( " Guy with the Spyder... come out and see") That was actually pretty nice of the guy to notice and get my attention.
Well it turns out that this rock ( granite pebble ) must have flew up into the underside of the rear sprocket, got wedge between the belt and sprocket and eventually was forced through the Kevlar Belt and now mostly on the outside of the belt. With a H.D. mechanic's help, we had to force a screwdriver to pry out the rock. There is a small hole not really visibly completely through the belt, exactly in the middle of the belt. The kevlar threads have sinced ( although broken) closed the hole.
Question (1): How important and how quick should I replace this belt. The H.D. guy says it looks bad, but because of the location and size, the belt will last as long as a new. But I'm planning a trip to Yellowstone. I guess my answer is replace the belt ????
Question (2): Lamonster ???? help..... I have the Bushtec Hitch on the bike, does anybody know if to remove the rear wheel you need to remove this hitch. I hate for a dealership to do that.... since the wirirng is hard wired and I worry that they might not be as gentle as I want with the hitch
Oddly enough the sprocket was not damaged as we could see, that's some pretty tough aluminum !!!!!
I was parked at the Ozark H.D. dealership in Lebanon, MO and someone looking over my Spyder saw a rock that appeared to be sitting on top of my belt and went to brush it off and it wouldn't budge. Upon further inspection he noticed that it was wedged into the Kevlar Belt. I wasn't at my Spyder at the time, so he went inside the dealership and had me paged over the intercom.... ( " Guy with the Spyder... come out and see") That was actually pretty nice of the guy to notice and get my attention.
Well it turns out that this rock ( granite pebble ) must have flew up into the underside of the rear sprocket, got wedge between the belt and sprocket and eventually was forced through the Kevlar Belt and now mostly on the outside of the belt. With a H.D. mechanic's help, we had to force a screwdriver to pry out the rock. There is a small hole not really visibly completely through the belt, exactly in the middle of the belt. The kevlar threads have sinced ( although broken) closed the hole.
Question (1): How important and how quick should I replace this belt. The H.D. guy says it looks bad, but because of the location and size, the belt will last as long as a new. But I'm planning a trip to Yellowstone. I guess my answer is replace the belt ????
Question (2): Lamonster ???? help..... I have the Bushtec Hitch on the bike, does anybody know if to remove the rear wheel you need to remove this hitch. I hate for a dealership to do that.... since the wirirng is hard wired and I worry that they might not be as gentle as I want with the hitch
Oddly enough the sprocket was not damaged as we could see, that's some pretty tough aluminum !!!!!
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