Took my back wheel off today to get a new tyre fitted.
Noticed there were strange wear marks on every tooth/half round lump, on the left side.


Wondered if it might have happened when the rear bearing shat itself and the wheel ran wonky for a distance. Front drive sprocket looked good at a glance and so did the rear, then noticed this unwelcome passenger caught in the rear sprocket.

Little stone somehow lodged right in there, took a bit of prying to get it out.
No big deal really, reckon the belt will still be ok.
Gotta say though, that of all the bikes I have ever owned this one (first Harley) FXST is the biggest pain in the arse to remove and re-install the rear wheel.

Wait until you need to change the belt, now that is a pain in the Arse.

I can bloomin imagine Mickle, that is why I am happy to live with the wear that is there.
Will follow up later on, when I have the new tyre fitted why I reckon this model is just FUCKED for the home tinkerer to re-install the back wheel.

The belt will be fine provided the tooth isn't perforated.

Definitely from the mis-alignment caused by the bearing failure I reckon mate. Ive just done a belt replacement on an 07 Streetglide....not so bad coz I had the transmission cartridge out, but just this week I got a 93 Cowglide in with multiple issues, including a broken belt... a ton of work reqd to change it.

Just to take it that one step further and why I reckon the soft tail standard (and maybe other soft tails). Have a shit house method of centering/aligning the rear wheel to the centreline of the bike is this.
Manual says to measure the distance from the centre of the swingarm mounting bolts to the centre of the rear wheel axle and to make sure it is the same.
Well fuck me dead! the rear wheel axle has got holes in either end and they are both different diameters. Also nothing (dia wise)about either side of the axle measures the same.
This makes it nearly impossible to get it right.
Get it wrong and you put heaps of stress on the rear wheel bearings.
No wonder these bikes seem to have rear wheel bearing issues.
My homemade solution to the problem was to turn up a pin for either side of the axle with a dead centre mark in each side.


Ok, these are just turned from hardwood but they are turned and give a centre reference point so that you can measure the distance from swingarm bolts to axle centres.
If you were were doing this job everyday I guess you would get metal ones made up.
Otherwise I reckon it is a bit of lucky dip.
End of rant.

for alignment, i measure the distance between the inside of the adjuster bolt head and where it enters the swing arm where the axle is, the bit on the swingarm that is threaded with a micrometer.
When I took my rear wheel off for a new tyre measured that distance (both sides which was the same) and then used it as a reference when putting the wheel back on.

Provided there is no play in the swingarm bearings this method works and the belt runs in the middle of the pulley, not towards either side

 

Chill mate, I didnt see the bit about the stone. Glad you got it sorted.