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General => Technical | How To => Topic started by: kneeslider on April 11, 2014, 03:00:58 AM
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Hello,
After opening up the belt covers, how do one inspect the belt of it's condition?
Do I need to remove it and flex it backwards to check for micro cracks?
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Visual inspection and there is a service limit for the maximum width of the belt. For example on the Like 50 a new belt is 18mm wide and the service limit is 16.5mm wide
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yes I did flex the belt and measured the width of the belt it was still at 24 mm, I had 30,000 km.s on the belt befor I changed it, it looked good until I flexed it, safe riding Don 300i downtown
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There are two things to consider... wear and tear that you can see and those you can't see
I only do a periodic check for abnormal wear and tear and cleaning... then I change every 15,000 kilometers regardless of the condition... you can never know when it'll just snap...
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I was told if you ride aggressively and/or run top speed consistently, the belt will wear faster. On my daily 40km round trip, about 30km is top speed WOT and about 80% of acceleration is WOT. Would a 10000km belt change or 15000km belt change be more reasonable.
FYI, I am on a DownTown 200.
And, is the belt for the DownTown 300 and 200 identical?
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our manual does not tell what the sizes are, my 300i belt measures 1004 mm. / 24 mm. and once I found a measure from mitsuboshi and it was 1004/25.2 mm.with 30 degree pitch my first belt that came in the scooter was 1010 mm. / 24 mm. the next two belt I bought was 1004 /24 mm. to measure your belt get the wifes tailor tape (cloth tape) and measue around the belt, cross checki the tape with a steel tape, because cloth tapes strech
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I guess the best way then is to open up the cover and have a look at what is printed on the belt.
I think I'll just pop into the dealers and take a pic of a new belt. Yes, I'm lazy. =)