[BIGTWIN900--off]

bought my sled new, the belt was about a 1/8 above the sheeves, put 26 miles on, now it's 1/8 below. talked to my dealer he said add a shim. so i had to add 2 .030 shims to bring it back up. now i have 0 room for another shim, what happens at 100 miles, will the belt drop more? if it does i might be able to put another shim in but not 2, its full of shims already.

 

[WrecklessKelly]

If you bought it new it is normal for new belts to stretch. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[thundercat900]

That sounds backwards to me. Aren't you supose to remove shim to bring belt up on sheeves. My belt was to tight and engaging slightly at idle and I had to add a shim to loosen belt a bit.

 

[BIGTWIN900--off]

not sure on the thundercats, but on the dd 900's you add shims to pull the sheeve together

 

[edsled]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (thundercat900 @ Jan 11 2007, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

That sounds backwards to me. Aren't you supose to remove shim to bring belt up on sheeves. My belt was to tight and engaging slightly at idle and I had to add a shim to loosen belt a bit.[/b]

with our secondarys you would remove shims to bring the sheeves closer.
dd is different so he's probably right.

 

[KevinS]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BIGTWIN900 @ Jan 11 2007, 06:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

bought my sled new, the belt was about a 1/8 above the sheeves, put 26 miles on, now it's 1/8 below. talked to my dealer he said add a shim. so i had to add 2 .030 shims to bring it back up. now i have 0 room for another shim, what happens at 100 miles, will the belt drop more? if it does i might be able to put another shim in but not 2, its full of shims already.[/b]

I would try a different belt.