Well not today but recently. I wanted to do some test runs before posting anything.
I was going to update my own thread,
You might want to look at quality aftermarket drive belts, about 1/2 the price from Royal or Fort9. I've replaced drive belts on Suzukis before, they failed after picking up debris that gets impeded in the belt, not because the sprockets are worn. Yeah I found a less expensive aftermarket...
www.gtamotorcycle.com
But thought it was better here
Anyhow got around the replacing the belt on my bike. Whole primary need to be removed, and rear fork
Here's how that looks
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Tada! belt is off
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Yeah I needs to do some cleaning
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Besides replacing the belt I upgraded the compensator, to HD's heavy duty version, which requires a deflector to be glued on the inside of the primary. Get this HD wanted $75 for the glue! JB weld to the recuse!.
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And it's back together
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Forgot to take intermediate pictures.
Dumb moment time!
When I got it all back together it didn't start. Back when I was taking it apart I had to remove the starter, and my ratchet extension touched the positive terminal of the starter sparking a bit, Yikkies! Yeah I forgot to remove the neg at the battery. So that started some other troubleshooting nonsense. Checking relays etc, and cleaning wire contacts, and charging the battery. In the end the problem was I put the relay back into the wrong spot! Started up fine....
I also fixed the problem with my rear brake chatter, which has been going on far too long. Found the problem after talking with a HD tech. The rear wheel ABS bracket has a rubber nib, if it's not seated will push the bracket out from the rear fork. Re-seated that, and presto bracket aligns properly and the noise is gone. I think this was the best improvement of the whole process.
Back to the belt. Mine was probably way over due, and the knuckle heads at HD said it was ok even when I was at the end of the adjustment cams. Now I have sooooo much more adjustment room.
Bike is running again. But still dealing with some intermitiant sputtering at idle, and now these little surges which I will deal with next.