ero4444
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ok yesterday I took it out for a motorized spin and didn't notice anything terrible while the engine was running, but of course I would not hear the pulley(or maybe it's the belt that sounds like clicks). I forgot to try the rear brake.
Today I rolled it around engine-off and braked some - the brake still clunks, and the pulley still clicks with every 1.5-2 teeth, so it's not a stone in the belt. I did not take the entire belt off the the front pulley so it's running the same direction. I can feel the clicks in the belt with my finger, I did not really expect that. The pulley cover and beltguard are still off (I kept the bolts in the cover). Shift is fully neutral a couple of times. Still sounds like semi irregular ball bearings banging into each other, rolling forward and back. I did not look at the belt before changing, so new rub marks are not apparent to me.
That nut on the pulley, shoot - I can get a hold of it, it turns with the pulley and belt, I do have 1.25inch socket. It's too late in the evening to use the impact wrench (it sets off the alarm system). I don't think it's loose though. 87ft-pounds torque?
Tire balancing good question, I bought the beads first, stalled on doing the wheel, then decided to use balancing goo instead. Still have to take the leftover weight off.
It's got so few miles, could the frontpulley really be loose on the splines?
The shoes and drum were hardly used, I just blew it out a little. I figure it's still lubed up with dust. The swingarm tab is in the brake arm slot - yup I was tired after wrestling with the tire, but I did not miss the tab on the second attempt to reassemble. I did not look carefully inside the shoe assembly - really sounds like something inside the drum, clunking during braking.
I'm thinking 1. tweak rear alignment 2. lose tension 3. center belt in both pulleys. 4. take belt off (not sure how) and see if the pulley clicks with no load at all. oops 5. look inside the shoe assembly.
#3, I assume is not really possible, the belt will probably always drift to one edge of each pulley - right? But maybe I can reduce the rubbing force, if that is the cause. The belt looks like it's rubbing the same edges as before (the old fringes remain on the non-rubbing edges).
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c2001, 3800miles, 3rd owner, adjusted idle, raised seat, Tkat brace, Raptor petcock, cleaned carb, replaced some jets, Dyna muffler, Fiamm horns, Shinkos, future Ed L. forward controls, fork boots.
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