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Author Message   Doncasto Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 06:09 pm:        My Kiwi friend Eric is about to launch on a Buell trip from Kansas to Fairbanks, AK and back. He will be riding two up with his sigother Corrinne . . .and is worried about losing a drive belt. What tools should he be carrying along with to change out a broken belt? I seem to recall the job requires removing rear isolators . . .? Thanks in advance from both Eric and myself . . . Don Casto Gold Beach, Oregon (currently in the middle of a Uly trip to Hayward, CA)   Fuzzz Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 06:36 pm:        I'd say a phone and a list of other Buell riders would be the easiest, it's a pretty involved procedure, and would be next to impossible to do on the side of the road...   Nukeblue Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 08:55 pm:        i second that. replace the belt before they go or just make sure its nice and loose. and preload is set right for both them on it..   Hybridmomentspass Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 09:18 pm:        I changed out isolators on a lift in my air conditioned garage and i STILL hated it. F doing it (TRYING TO DO IT) on the side of the road.   Hughlysses Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 09:40 pm:        There's a tool available that allows you to change it with only removing the right side isolator. Google and you can probably find it pretty easily. That would be a bad enough job (but not nearly as bad as having to remove both).   46champ Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 10:56 pm:        Riding two up that far on a tuber I would be more worried about the front isolator than I would be about a belt. That is provided it is in good condition and adjusted correctly, I didn't say by the book.   M2statz Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 03:38 pm:        I can not imaging changing a belt on the fly. I have had a hard enough time in my own garage.

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