G'day all,
Just wondering if some folks out there know, I need to replace my rear drive belt because it's got a stone thought it and I was thinking of going for the narrower belt and sprocket that are fitted to the 2001 to 2005 does anyone out there know if this is possible conversion.
Back in 2001 you could get a narrow belt and sprocket kit but that part number (40264-00) is obsolete now days and in the description says the sprocket is machined specifically for the narrow belt.
Cheers S
Stinga
G'day folks,
Heres a bit of an update on how the belt and pulley replacement is going on the ol girl, first up I got me self one of them K & L MC 615R bike lift and to say this was the best money Ive spent on bike stuff in years would be doing the lift injustice its F$@%*%g bloody brilliant.
I had a 2004 Fat boy pulley so I removed the original pulley and bolted up the Fatty pulley, which bolted up without a hitch or the need of spacers, refitted the wheel and checked the distance between the inside edge of the swing arm to the outside edge of the pulley and it showed 5mm. Prior to removing the wheel and original pulley from the bike I took some measurements between the swing arm and pulley and it showed 13mm also I laied the original pulley outside edge down on a flat surface and measured up through the centre hole to the mating surface and got 31mm so that indicates the Fatty pulley needed 8mm removed from the mating surface to be spaced the correctly.
I decided not to go with the Fatty pulley even though it is a 70 tooth pulley, the same as the WG pulley, so I bit the bullet and ordered a 2001 belt and pulley through Thunder Tech and once I received the pulley I broke out the chisel, hacksaw and file and removed 5mm from the new pulley, nah not really I got Deano to organise it. But during the dismantling of the primary drive and removal the the clutch hub I found a problem with the splines on the clutch hub so getting that replaced as well as the ring gear. The bike has only had the primary drive removed once and that was at it's 1500k service due to a leaking clutch seal so not sure what has caused the damage but have been told that tightening up the clutch nut with a rattle gun can cause that type of damage.
The reassembly has started so once shes done I will post some more pictures if anyones interested.
Cheers