Anyone Ever Break a Drive Belt?
#41
11-06-2010, 12:21 PM
I've gone through 4 belts and pulleys on my 06 XL. I ride year round. The sand used for traction in the winter destroys the belts. Up here the dealers charge $300 for the belt and $280 for the rear pulley. For $420 I changed to chain drive. It requires a little maintenance, 15 minutes a week, but well worth it. I gained 3 hp at the wheel and an extra 10 miles out of a tank of fuel.
#42
11-06-2010, 12:46 PM
Smart Man here.....Defend your belts now! "belt Lovers" 
I've gone through 4 belts and pulleys on my 06 XL. I ride year round. The sand used for traction in the winter destroys the belts. Up here the dealers charge $300 for the belt and $280 for the rear pulley. For $420 I changed to chain drive. It requires a little maintenance, 15 minutes a week, but well worth it. I gained 3 hp at the wheel and an extra 10 miles out of a tank of fuel.
#44
11-06-2010, 01:27 PM
A guy I work with had a brand new belt break two weeks after it was installed, along with new pulleys. The mechanic who worked on it found a ding in one of the new pulleys and a "puncture" spot on the belt where it broke. He figures that he got a small rock or something caught in it.
#45
11-06-2010, 10:32 PM
I've gone through 4 belts and pulleys on my 06 XL. I ride year round. The sand used for traction in the winter destroys the belts. Up here the dealers charge $300 for the belt and $280 for the rear pulley. For $420 I changed to chain drive. It requires a little maintenance, 15 minutes a week, but well worth it. I gained 3 hp at the wheel and an extra 10 miles out of a tank of fuel.
Sh*t Yeah !!! Get down with yo bad self brother ...
This friends is a real biker !!!
Not only did he do a chain conversion... he rides when the roads need to be sanded...
Sh*t, he gets my vote !!!
although I do have to question the 3hp gain... It was probably just a variation in the Dyno test...
as much as I love chains, they do not give you more horsepower, actually give you less (more reciprocating mass) I'll still take a chain though...
#46
11-06-2010, 10:57 PM
A buddy broke his push starting his bike this summer..Middle of Montana, all day gig...1300 bucks, bad day.
Mark
Mark
#47
11-06-2010, 11:14 PM
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Only 2 ways to break them , pick up a rock or something or WAY to much abuse by the ape hanging off the handlebars you can usually tell ahead of time when these are going they start missing parts of teeth first . I've popped holes through a couple rears haven't snapped one yet . Primary's a whole different animal I carry a spare on the bike and have changed it roadside .
#48
11-06-2010, 11:28 PM
Only 2 ways to break them , pick up a rock or something or WAY to much abuse by the ape hanging off the handlebars you can usually tell ahead of time when these are going they start missing parts of teeth first . I've popped holes through a couple rears haven't snapped one yet . Primary's a whole different animal I carry a spare on the bike and have changed it roadside .
You have a belt on your Shovelhead ?
They are not hard to break...
But the primary chain could drive a Mac Truck 'fer christ sakes...
and what the hell is with people paying 1,300 and 1,600 dollars for a damn belt.... ?
#49
11-06-2010, 11:42 PM
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#50
11-07-2010, 12:11 AM
The drive belt causes a lot of rolling friction. It actually robs 3hp. Try pushing a belt drive bike, then a chain drive. You will notice a big difference. The stock belt system weighed more than the chain drive. The front pulley is made of steel and very heavy. The only place to get a drive belt is a HD dealer. 530 chain is very common, available at any m/c dealer.