Home
Forum
Search
Login
Register
Merch
Donate
Welcome, Guest. Please
Login
or
Register
::
View Members
SuzukiSavage.com
›
General Category
›
Rubber Side Down!
› first ride after rebuild
(Moderators:
verslagen1
,
Dave
,
Serowbot
)
‹
Previous topic
|
Next topic
›
Pages: 1
first ride after rebuild (Read 81 times)
JBK
Full Member
Offline
Posts: 100
MS
Gender:
first ride after rebuild
04/30/14 at 15:21:51
Rode today for first time after getting everything up and running. I have a noticeable squeal/wine coming from behind my left leg where the belt is. Is it too tight? I can barely bend it to a 90° angle.
Back to top
IP Logged
greenmonster
Senior Member
Offline
Hellooooo Nurse!
Posts: 420
Vancouver BC
Gender:
Re: first ride after rebuild
Reply #1 -
04/30/14 at 15:30:18
Yep it's too tight. You should be able to turn it 90 fairly easily. Recently I read that you should be able to turn it to 90 with your nail bed turning white only as you reach the 90. I haven't tested that myself but it sounds about right.
Back to top
IP Logged
justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
Offline
What happened?
Posts: 55279
East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
Re: first ride after rebuild
Reply #2 -
04/30/14 at 20:19:33
I dunno about the nail bed turning white, BUT, I do know if yer face turns blue, its way too tight
Back to top
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.- Edmund Burke.
IP Logged
WD
Serious Thumper
2005 No Login
Offline
Professional
"scooter
trash".
Posts: 5207
Rosemark TN
Gender:
Re: first ride after rebuild
Reply #3 -
04/30/14 at 23:47:38
The 90 degree trick goes back to 1998 or early 1999 on the Hiese forum, the predecessor of this site. Hoggryder, Intrud'n, Polar Pilot, Max Morley (R.I.P my friend) and I put our heads together so to speak and came up with that belt tension spec.
It works. Push down on your computer desk while watching your thumbnail bed. When the nail bed bleaches white... that is the resistance you want on the drive belt. Both wheels on the ground, bike on the sidestand. Roll the bike backwards in first gear, when it stops, set your tension.
And throw the little brass dealy bopper thingy-ma-widget away if you still have the stock tools. It is beyond useless.
Back to top
On 2 wheels since 7/87
Black and Chrome 2003 1950s style custom
IP Logged
LANCER
Serious Thumper
Alliance Member
Offline
Savage Beast
Performance Parts
Posts: 10665
Oklahoma
Gender:
Re: first ride after rebuild
Reply #4 -
05/01/14 at 04:19:39
WD wrote
on 04/30/14 at 23:47:38:
The 90 degree trick goes back to 1998 or early 1999 on the Hiese forum, the predecessor of this site. Hoggryder, Intrud'n, Polar Pilot, Max Morley (R.I.P my friend) and I put our heads together so to speak and came up with that belt tension spec.
It works. Push down on your computer desk while watching your thumbnail bed. When the nail bed bleaches white... that is the resistance you want on the drive belt. Both wheels on the ground, bike on the sidestand. Roll the bike backwards in first gear, when it stops, set your tension.
And throw the little brass dealy bopper thingy-ma-widget away if you still have the stock tools. It is beyond useless
.
If you sharpen the end of it, it makes a pretty good plumb-bob.
Back to top
IP Logged
Pages: 1
‹
Previous topic
|
Next topic
›
Forum Jump »
» 10 most recent posts
» 10 most recent topics
General Category
»» Rubber Side Down!
- Technical Documents/Reference
- The Marketplace
- The Cafe
- Politics, Religion (Tall Table)
- Forum Upgrade Issues / Tests
« Home
« Home
SuzukiSavage.com
09/27/24 at 18:29:08
›
General Category
›
Rubber Side Down!
› first ride after rebuild
SuzukiSavage.com
» Powered by
YaBB 2.2
!
YaBB
© 2000-2007. All Rights Reserved.