Re: How often do you adjust your chain?
Posted by shinyribs on Aug 17, 2012; 3:45am
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Sarge,I looked for a very long time for a belt conversion for a SOHC 750. What I came up with was that when Gates had it in R&D that they had problems with the belt lasting only a few hours. Apparently the tension required to make a belt drive operate properly is too much of a side load for the output bearings for a SOHC 750. In an attempt to develop a system that would work with lighter tension,Gates found it impossible. And they know belts. Some of the stuff I found was written by an employee who actually worked on the project personally. He guaranteed that Gates tried diligently to make the system work because of the demand for a SOHC 750 belt drive,but that it was just not possible with things being what they were.
That being said,if someone offers a belt drive for a DOHC 750... I'd jump on it with both feet!
Oh,and FWIW,the FSM for the SOHC 750 calls for the chain to be adjusted while the bike is on the center stand. I use the side stand personally. If it really concerns you,adjust it on the center stand according to the FSM,then drop the bike onto the side stand. Take note of the slack you have and just go with that from now on. Lazy guy not wanting to use the center stand trick. Plus,clubmans make for horrible leverage when attempting to center stand your bike. You'll strain your pudding...
I'm at around 600 miles on my new chain and have not adjusted it one bit. You have no idea how happy I am with that.
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Sarge,I looked for a very long time for a belt conversion for a SOHC 750. What I came up with was that when Gates had it in R&D that they had problems with the belt lasting only a few hours. Apparently the tension required to make a belt drive operate properly is too much of a side load for the output bearings for a SOHC 750. In an attempt to develop a system that would work with lighter tension,Gates found it impossible. And they know belts. Some of the stuff I found was written by an employee who actually worked on the project personally. He guaranteed that Gates tried diligently to make the system work because of the demand for a SOHC 750 belt drive,but that it was just not possible with things being what they were.
That being said,if someone offers a belt drive for a DOHC 750... I'd jump on it with both feet!
Oh,and FWIW,the FSM for the SOHC 750 calls for the chain to be adjusted while the bike is on the center stand. I use the side stand personally. If it really concerns you,adjust it on the center stand according to the FSM,then drop the bike onto the side stand. Take note of the slack you have and just go with that from now on. Lazy guy not wanting to use the center stand trick. Plus,clubmans make for horrible leverage when attempting to center stand your bike. You'll strain your pudding...
I'm at around 600 miles on my new chain and have not adjusted it one bit. You have no idea how happy I am with that.
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