My buddy broke his drive belt today on an 07 Street Glide. Stealer wants $400 just in labor. Is it something we can do & what all do you have to remove to replace it?

 

Very involved as you'll hear very soon.....

 

Just in the last week, someone posted about this with some detailed instructions, complete with pictures. It's pretty involved but, if you have reasonable skills AND the right tools it's doable. Do a search....you should find lots of info about it.

 

outer primary, compensator and clutch come off, then inner primary.

then rear wheels, shocks and swingarm.

belt on,

swingarm on, shocks and wheel too.

then inner primary, clutch and comp sprocket

then outer primary cover.

fluids and adjust everything.

It can be done with the manual and hand tools- in fact air impact tools should not be used on the comp sprocket or clutch nut ( left hand thread !) as the impacts can cause damage


mike

 

Let the dealer do it and take the kids to the zoo.

Mark

 

Don't touch it, if you think you don't need the manual.

I always say, the very first thing you should buy for each and every bike you own, is the respective manual.

 

$400 saves YOU how much time? I am sure you could do it...(I could do my own dental work also)...
What the hell....do it yourself and save $400.

 

Flame away.............. I've had several bikes with drive belts. Harley makes this unnecessarily complicated. I could remove the drive belt on my V2K in 30 minutes. Every time I break out the wrenches, I wonder what I had for brains the day I bought this.

 

jrrobinson, I don't know about some of the folks around here but $400 bucks is a lot to me. I'd have to tackle the job mysolf right now or not ride for a couple months. Cash is tight, and the bank acount is in trouble these days. I'm looking at possiblity of selling bike just to keep the house. If money tight the job can be done, but you do need the manual and a good sturdy MC jack. Do the searchhere on the forum and get any extra help you need, but don't even think of starting with out the book in front of you and read through the whole procedure three or four times.

 

I have successfully completed big bores, cam installs, clutch installs, carb install and jetting and many other smaller things with nothing more then a manual and these forums. There is great satisfaction in completing one of these projects for so many reasons, but mostly because now I know how to do it again. On top of that, I now have a large selection of specialty tools.
Read the manual, search the forum, and if you have any specific questions, just come in here and ask. You likely will run into an issue or too that might throw you off track a bit, but take your time, and don't lose your patience. Haste makes waste!!