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TROX Full Member Offline More ideas than $$$ Posts: 118 Temple, TX Gender:	Belt drive tensioner. 03/02/13 at 13:02:52 My apologies for being such a newb, but the Clymer manual says I need a Special Suzuki tensioner tool to get the belt tension just right. I have tried searching the technical section on this to no avail. Can anyone tell me a way to adjust the belt tension back without the tool ? I really appreciate any help.
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Re: Belt drive tensioner.
Reply #1 - 03/02/13 at 13:14:57

What you need is the SS.com special belt tensioner tool.
face the bike on the left side, kneel, place the tool (your hand) under the lower belt about in the middle and grip the belt between the tips of your fingers and thumb. Rotate said belt approximately 90° or to vertical... which ever comes 1st. Far as I'm concerned, the looser the better, but not to the point that you can pull it off the teeth of the pulley.

Now for the special verslagy belt alignment procedure.
Loosen the axle and the lock nuts on the belt adjusters.
With the bike in neutral, lift the rear off the ground a little so you can spin the tire.
Spin the tire in 1 direction and notice where the belt tracks in the rear pulley.
If it tracks to the right, tighten that side, and vice versa.
Repeat spinning the tire the other way.

Try to get a compromise.

If you can't then you may have a worn out bearing in the hub, or your drive cushions may be worn.

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TROX Full Member Offline More ideas than $$$ Posts: 118 Temple, TX Gender:	Re: Belt drive tensioner. Reply #2 - 03/02/13 at 14:00:21 Awesome, thanks Vers, worked like a charm. Belt is staying centered.
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Dave-Aus YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 22	Re: Belt drive tensioner. Reply #3 - 03/03/13 at 22:32:18 I just changed my chain back to a belt. I made sure both of the tensioners on the rear wheel were exactly lined up on the same engraved marker on each side - does this not necessarily mean it is correctly aligned? Looks like I should check before I ride again
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Belt drive tensioner. Reply #4 - 03/04/13 at 05:19:48 Rubber cushions in the rear hub make it impossible to keep it in perfect alignment And ride. The belt is gonna move around. Its okay. It stays on,
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Re: Belt drive tensioner.
Reply #5 - 03/04/13 at 07:59:10

verslagen1 wrote on 03/02/13 at 13:14:57:

What you need is the SS.com special belt tensioner tool.
face the bike on the left side, kneel, place the tool (your hand) under the lower belt about in the middle and grip the belt between the tips of your fingers and thumb. Rotate said belt approximately 90° or to vertical... which ever comes 1st. Far as I'm concerned, the looser the better, but not to the point that you can pull it off the teeth of the pulley.

Now for the special verslagy belt alignment procedure.
Loosen the axle and the lock nuts on the belt adjusters.
With the bike in neutral, lift the rear off the ground a little so you can spin the tire.
Spin the tire in 1 direction and notice where the belt tracks in the rear pulley.
If it tracks to the right, tighten that side, and vice versa.
Repeat spinning the tire the other way.

Try to get a compromise.

If you can't then you may have a worn out bearing in the hub, or your drive cushions may be worn.

This ^^^^

I check/adjust the belt on my bike just like Vers described and works good. I found that the tool Suzuki provides gets it tighter than needed and my belt squeaks a lot more.

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Reply #6 - 03/04/13 at 19:55:37

Dave-Aus wrote on 03/03/13 at 22:32:18:

I just changed my chain back to a belt.

I made sure both of the tensioners on the rear wheel were exactly lined up on the same engraved marker on each side - does this not necessarily mean it is correctly aligned? Looks like I should check before I ride again

Dave,

Said marks will get you close, but I don't trust 'em to get me really close unless I've verified that they are correct.

Check this out:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1183995917

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Re: Belt drive tensioner.
Reply #7 - 03/07/13 at 15:42:36

[quote author=6F7C6B6A75787E7C7728190 link=1362258172/0#1 date=1362258897]What you need is the SS.com special belt tensioner tool.
face the bike on the left side, kneel, place the tool (your hand) under the lower belt about in the middle and grip the belt between the tips of your fingers and thumb. Rotate said belt approximately 90° or to vertical... which ever comes 1st. Far as I'm concerned, the looser the better, but not to the point that you can pull it off the teeth of the pulley.

Versy, I had to remove my front pulley to fix a vibration recently. I was able to pull it off, straighten it, and put it back and never touch the rear wheel. I'd say mine is just right. (At least for you and me.)

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