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Old 12-01-2008, 12:10 PM   #91
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here we go, I made some alignment tools today.

It was easy to machine and thread the cones. Breaking and having to rebuild the lathe was a nightmare.
Those turned out nice Leon... that was exactly what I was describing. Nice work

The only thing is that I would cut a little bit off the ends of the rods... so that the last half inch or so has a half-moon cross section. Then you arrange the rods so that the flat section is facing up and it gives you more exact marks to measure with. Your call though, I am just very picky

edit: did I describe that in such a way that it made sense?
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The tensioner does not move, nor does it get adjusted... hence 'the tensioner is static'.... therefore, the belt is never adjusted.
So if the belt stretches it never gets corrected? You just replace the belt?
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Used it today. Really easy to do and worked like a charm. And just as I thought, the marks on the swingarm were off.


Maybe I should make a few more and throw them up for sale.
How much were they off? They are usually off as much as a whole mark or two.

And yes that would be a good GB idea...





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Old 12-01-2008, 12:13 PM   #92
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The marks were off just about a 1/10 of an inch.

I thought about marking some marks in the ends of the rods. We'll see once I start using them more.
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Old 12-01-2008, 07:44 PM   #93
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Very cool Leon, sorry I didn't see the pics further up the thread.

I am sorta anal about things and I hate the thought that my axle could be misaligned. I stopped measuring from the marks and using a ruler to measure from both the the out edge of the swing arm, and the furthest inside edge of the swing arm. Seems to work, but I noticed today that it is out of alignment.
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Old 12-01-2008, 10:27 PM   #94
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So if the belt stretches it never gets corrected? You just replace the belt?
No... the belt doesn't stretch. It never needs adjusted or corrected. If anything, it would break and Buell would replace it for free. Lifetime belt. I've seen guys on the Buell forums with 50k miles, original belt... In fact, never read of anyone except those with the pre-'05 belts (non-lifetime) having any breakage issues. Put that in your Yamaha pipe and smoke it.
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Old 12-02-2008, 03:17 PM   #95
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I still just use The String Method once on each bike, then I know whether the alignment marks are on or not. 2 of my bikes are, 1 isn't.
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Old 12-02-2008, 03:27 PM   #96
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I've used the string method before and I'm not a fan.
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Old 12-04-2008, 02:10 PM   #97
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i'll join in on the vortex sucks, bought some "once" 4kmiles on a gsxr 750 screw that
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AFAM hard-anodized FTW, Vortex blows chunks
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Old 12-06-2008, 12:13 AM   #99
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Chains? Belts? Alignment procedures? What are these things?






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Chains? Belts? Alignment procedures? What are these things?






Lighter than your shaft drive... that's what they are.
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