Rear drive belt alingment to tranny

[INTHEWIND]

Just got done putting a new drivebelt on my 89fxrs and went to put the lower guard on and the rear tire is very close to the belt , i had put a rear fatboy wheel on it earlier the same size , the belt is rideing very close to the inside of the trans sprocket , seems if i could put a shim on the rear belt sprocket it would solve the problem or am i looking too far into this . Any help would be appreciated thanks

[junior]

make sure that the wheel is adjusted for skew (r to l) correctly. it may simply be that the rh axle adjuster is too tight and is pulling the wheel sideways a bit.

j

[INTHEWIND]

make sure that the wheel is adjusted for skew (r to l) correctly. It may simply be that the rh axle adjuster is too tight and is pulling the wheel sideways a bit.

J

thanks but i cked that and recked both sides are equil do u know if it will hurt anything im thinking of putting a few miles on it and ck it

[junior]

on one of my bikes i put a 200 on the back with a 1-1/2" belt and run the edge of the tire 1/4" from the edge of the belt. keep in mind that the drive pulley has a crown and rolling the bike forward runs the belt to the outside, while rolling it back it goes to the inside (toward tire). if you don't have any interference, no prob.

j

wheel spacers on the correct side, right?

[INTHEWIND]

on one of my bikes i put a 200 on the back with a 1-1/2" belt and run the edge of the tire 1/4" from the edge of the belt. Keep in mind that the drive pulley has a crown and rolling the bike forward runs the belt to the outside, while rolling it back it goes to the inside (toward tire). If you don't have any interference, no prob.

J

wheel spacers on the correct side, right?

put my wheel spacers the same as i removed them but no mater if i role the wheel forward or backwards my belt stays on the tranny side , i have a little less than a 1/4 in between the tire and the belt and the wheel sprocket is a little more than a 1/4 to the swinarm im wondering if the motor alignment could have anything to do with my problem if i have one
thanks for your reply doug

[junior]

could be, but in my experience unless you let the assembly dangle in mid air when you took out the swingarm things should have gone back into place just fine. there is a procedure for your model lined out in the fsm. go through it and double check to be safe....

j

[INTHEWIND]

could be, but in my experience unless you let the assembly dangle in mid air when you took out the swingarm things should have gone back into place just fine. There is a procedure for your model lined out in the fsm. Go through it and double check to be safe....

J

thanks i will the only thing i was unsure of was both endcaps had a pin wasent sure if the pin went on top or bottom i looked at my friends bike and they were on the top but they can go on eather way wich would change the up or down distance i hate to sound stupid but sfm u refur to means service manuel ? And there is nothing in mine thats states top or bottom on the pins

[junior]

as i recall, the pins went in at 1 oclock position.......

j

yes- factory service manual

[INTHEWIND]

Thanks again but was riding and battery went dead i messed up the stator wire when i put it back togather took it back apart and one of the studs on the clutch hub broke i think too much thread lock o well guss im learning the hard way lol i made a appointment to get the aligmnent cked at a local shop i just got to get it there now