They would have to be a total moron to get the rear wheel alignment out of whack. It has cams on it that even if the janitor of the service dept.[] paid attention to would prevent this from happening.

 

Hope they made it right and it never happens again.

Ride Safe
Hack

 

Having the rear wheel aligned is one thing, but you have to have the engine aligned correctly too... Normally that's not an issue.

lp

 

Yep, the '07's have the cam aligning & I imagine the '08's do too so it's probably not *rear wheel* alignment. IDS should have nothing to do with the problem unless it came with a warped pulley, & the edges are *NOT* to keep the belt on the pulley. The belt should never touch the edges, it'll just wear the edge of the belt. Fastest way to kill a belt is start a tear from the edge.........

Soo..............if it ain't rear wheel alignment or a warped pulley, I'd be lookin' awfully close at motor/transmission alignment in the frame. You'd be amazed at what a couple of turns on the front or top heim link will do. When Doug gets the bike back he should take a long serious look at how the belt is travelin' on the new pulley. That thing popin' in the drive way is one thing, a loose metal ring & the belt wanderin' around at 70 in expressway traffic is another matter.................

 

My 05 RG split there the drive pulley. I think it happened while taking a left sweeper at about 50 MPH and the rear wheel tried to steer right. I bought the bike with 20K on it and the belt was definitely loose. Dealer says they've never seen before ;>}.

Anyway, the rear bearings also seem verytight but I don't know how easily they should spin. Once I replace that belt I hope to "trust"
the cornering because that one threw me for a loop when it happened.

Any advice other than the obvious proper belt tensioning would be appreciated.

 

mine split this weekend but I can't F-in post a whole sentence

 

Dam!!! After 35 minutes of making it shorter and shorter...............F-this

 

I hope they replaced the belt too or it won't be long until it takes a dump too.