1999 flht bought new, drive belt broke in the parking lot last nite right @ 184,000 miles..
going to git new belt and pulleys, swing arm bearings? anything else we should replace while apart?
any advice is welcome have the sm looks to be quite the project.
May want to replace your wheel bearings also.
If I were there already, transmission seals, unless recently done.
did the wheel bearings and races at 100,000 nothing else has been replaced,,, which seals in the tranny?
Rubber Donuts in the back.. Inspect front mount..
Max
Quote from: ridgerider on May 31, 2013, 08:48:45 AM
did the wheel bearings and races at 100,000 nothing else has been replaced,,, which seals in the tranny?
Main drive seal and quad seal.
Upgrade to a later year swing arm.
Why replace anything, just wait until it fails.
Quote from: HotRock on May 31, 2013, 10:26:14 AM
Why replace anything, just wait until it fails.
Do you do that with tires? Run them til the go flat?
:pop:
Max
:hyst:
184,000 not a bad report if you ask me. I pack my wheel bearings every time I get a new tire. 99 is one of the last bikes that have serviceable wheel bearings then they went to sealed which are better if you aren't going to service them. I replaced my wheel bearings at 30,000 because the first owner neglected them and I think he was using a pressure washer. Not a good idea.
Wouldn't hurt to at least change the oil in those shocks...
Garry
Oil? Did somebody say oil? :soda:
Then let's talk oil. What oil you use? :emoGroan:
:hyst:
Do you do that with tires? Run them til the go flat?
:pop:
Max
Just being a little sarcastic Max. But why in the world would one run a drive belt 184,000 miles. It's going to fail somewhere and it could happen at a very bad time. :idunno:
Quote from: Eglider05 on May 31, 2013, 09:24:37 AM
Upgrade to a later year swing arm.
Yup, that's what I was thinking. Now is the perfect time to do that.
But why in the world would one run a drive belt 184,000 miles.
at what point do you fix somethings that's not broke? first advice i had was change it at 50,000 that would be using 3 belts for this mileage, than i met a older rider who came down from Alaska and had a rock go through his belt and he was at over a 100,000 miles and still ridding 2up..
i was just asking what else to change for maintenance while we have it apart for a short time.
Quote from: ridgerider on June 04, 2013, 11:36:19 AM
But why in the world would one run a drive belt 184,000 miles.
at what point do you fix somethings that's not broke? first advice i had was change it at 50,000 that would be using 3 belts for this mileage, than i met a older rider who came down from Alaska and had a rock go through his belt and he was at over a 100,000 miles and still ridding 2up..
i was just asking what else to change for maintenance while we have it apart for a short time.
Nothing wrong with your questions, and nothing wrong with running a belt that long. If they look good when I change a tire, run it. :up:
Brian
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