Jdvt600
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Okay well I just finished. Long story short, after flipping the axle bolt to the right side the belt still makes a loud whine or whir and pulls to the left while riding. After riding, I put it back on the lift and rotated the wheel forward and reverse, without touching the adjusters or the axle nut. Bam! The belt tracks back into the center. Now, I didn't use the scientific method yesterday, it's possible and likely that the belt would have tracked to the center if I rotated it. I'm pretty sure though that I did, and it was sticking to the left.
I'm of the same mind as @Serowbot, if axle is square who cares about the belt. Let it live. But the whirring sound was pretty loud and more noticeable then I've heard before. I noticed it whirring yesterday while trying to tune the carb... I also wasn't wearing a helmet. 👀 It's possible the lack of helmet, combined with the high temp of 107 yesterday (potentially causing the belt to move outside even more than normal temps) is what drew my attention. It's also possible that a few weeks ago I flipped the belt (didn't mark it). But the teeth look evenly worn and I'm not sure flipping the belt would cause it to whir like it is.
Yesterday, after aligning and torquing, the belt would still pull to the outside, on a lift, off the lift, on the road, riding in a box, with a fox, with a mouse, in a house. here or there, anywhere.
So, for now, I'm chalking it up to high heat and inadvertent movement during torque. At least the belt tracks to the center on a lift and measures evenly to pivot point of the swing arm. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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