When to replace the drive belt on a Harley Davidson?
2002 Road King drive belt. This is not an instruction video, it’s sole purpose is to give you an insight into what is involved with replacing belt. 2002 Road King drive belt. This is not an instruction video, it’s sole purpose is to give you an insight into what is involved with replacing belt. Skip navigation Sign in Search Loading… Close
Can a bike drive belt be misaligned?
Since the ’99 Harley has had several rear tire changes over the life of the belt, where the belt was not changed, misalignment could have happened at any of them. So exactly where some degree of misalignment may have happened we’ll never know.
What kind of belt failure does a 1999 XLH have?
The belt from the 1999 XLH (R) shows shiny glazed surfaces on both sides of the belt that are not present on the belt from the 2007 bike. The benefit of having that kind of belt failure is that by tightening the drive belt, you may be able to avoid being left on the side of the road.
How many miles is the drive belt on a 99 Sportster?
The belt on the ’99 Sportster now has 4,747 miles on it and the just-changed belt on the 2007 883R has only 70 miles on it and probably won’t get many miles between now and the spring thaw. As I write this, neither of the new drive belts has shown any of the glazings on the side surfaces that are present on the failed belt off the ’99 model.
2002 Road King drive belt. This is not an instruction video, it’s sole purpose is to give you an insight into what is involved with replacing belt. 2002 Road King drive belt. This is not an instruction video, it’s sole purpose is to give you an insight into what is involved with replacing belt. Skip navigation Sign in Search Loading… Close
When did the drive belt on my bike fail?
A while back, the final drive belt on my 1999 Harley-Davidson XLH 883 Sportster failed in my garage. If a bike’s drive belt is going to break, that’s the place to have it happen. We had a look at that breakage event back in May 2018.
Can a drive belt slip on a motorcycle?
The thing is, in the type of internally toothed (Gilmer-style) drive belt used in a motorcycle final drive, slipping in the pulleys isn’t possible unless there are teeth missing or the belt is so loose, it can jump the drive cogs in the pulleys—neither of which is the case in this belt.
The belt from the 1999 XLH (R) shows shiny glazed surfaces on both sides of the belt that are not present on the belt from the 2007 bike. The benefit of having that kind of belt failure is that by tightening the drive belt, you may be able to avoid being left on the side of the road.