Alternator belt

[sigood]

I have a new belt to put on.Is it an easy job on an 1100 ?Bike has done 36000 miles,shall i just take it along as a spare ?Do they fail at around this kind of milage ? I suppose it would be more of a pain on the side of road.

Cheers !

 

[MikeO]

It's due replacement at 36k - so I'd do it. Mine wasn't replaced and went at 39k - Pint6X had one go at 33k (IIRC). I now replace mine every 24k, rather than 36.

Fairly simple job (f you have H&B crashbars, you'll need to remove them). Rather easier in a warm dry garage than at the side of the road in the rain...

Mike

 

[Gas'd Off]

Easy peasy

I`m guessing it is almost identical to the 1150. In which case it is a super simple job.

Take off plastic cover(4 Allen screws), slacken off alternator bolts, off with old belt, on with new and tension up belt so that you can twist 90 degrees but no more. On my bike one of the bolts has a gear thing to assist with tensioning, which is nice.

If you have bmw engine bars fitted then you will need to remove the cross bar in order to get the plastic cover off.

Cheers, L.

PS. if it does break when you`re out & about(like mine!) you can still ride home. Turn off lights etc and head back.

 

[Steptoe]

(f you have H&B crashbars, you'll need to remove them).

Mike

oh no you don't - just remove the front bolt that goes across the cover, and just loosen the other bolts -

I'd change it, and take the old one as a spare

 

[Tsiklonaut]

I don't replace it until it starts to make some serious noise, especially on cold starts or even broken. When going on longer trips, i have new spare with me

 

[sigood]

Best i change it then if it's that simple.Just being lazy ! H&B bars are off anyway at moment after strip down and recent valve adjustment.Not looking forward to putting the things back on.

Cheers !

 

[MikeO]

oh no you don't - just remove the front bolt that goes across the cover, and just loosen the other bolts -

You're wrong - and you smell

Mike

 

[Steptoe]

You're wrong - and you smell

Mike

I have judge as my witness, he said the same as you .

So i changed his belt in front of him with the H&B crashbars still on the bike -

I don't smell

 

[MikeO]

I have judge as my witness, he said the same as you .

So i changed his belt in front of him with the H&B crashbars still on the bike -

I don't smell

LA LA LA LA LA NOT LISTENING LA LA LA LA LA

Mike

 

[Makalu]

Anybody have a Rotary Breather Pipe over their alternator belt? I was hot-to-trot to change out my belt after reading how easy it was (undo three bolts, take off old belt, put on new belt, re-tension, tighten bolts) when I pulled off my alternator cover to take a look. Ain't no way that belt is coming off that easy.

It seems my bike has the aforementioned rotary breather pipe. Basically it bolts to below the bottom pulley and then curves over the belt and bolts in between the bottom pulley and the alternator pulley. It has to be removed in order to get the belt off.

Reading the Clymer manual it states you have to replace various o-rings and inner sealing washers if you unbolt it. So far the most I've learned is that some bikes have them and some don't.

Does anyone have any more knowledge of this pipe and why "some bikes have them and some don't?"

Also, if you have one, have you had any problems taking it off and not replacing the o-rings and sealing washers when you put it back on?

 

[Twotter]

If it's the bit I think it is then I know that when the East Anglian mob did a workshop day and Noddy's 1100 was the 'victim' his had a pipe that crossed the v-belt. T'was a simple job to undo and refit after the belt had been changed and I don't recall us changing any washers etc....

A month or so later we did a 24k service on my 1150 and it definitely doesn't have any such pipe crossing the belt.

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