I'm getting ready to change my tires for the first time on my roadstar. According to the service manual for the rear tire I need to loosen the drive belt bolts and when I put the wheel back on I need to check the drive belt tension with a special measuring tool. According to the mechanic at one of the Yamaha dealerships near me, I do not need to do this.
When reinstalling your back wheel and setting the belt tension Yamaha recommends a tension setting (amount of deflection with a known amount of pressure). A Belt Tension Measuring tool is the best way to ensure that you have tensioned the belt properly. They are very inexpensive so, rather be safe than sorry. "Proper tool for the proper job" Augie
Thanks. I see motion pro makes one so I'll pick it up. I did some looking at the back axle last night and I'm curious what do most people do to jack up the bike to take off the rear wheel?
On my 950 I used the jack shown in the attachment from Sears. I lifted the back end and rolled the wheel out after the axle was removed. I haven't removed my 1300 wheel but, I believe I can do the same procedure.
Nice pics, common. It looks like you took your exhaust pipes off, too? Did you need any additional replacement parts like washers or anything for that? I'm wondering if I can get away with leaving mine on.
In order to access the rear axle nut with a torque wrench you need to remove the muffler. There are a couple screws to remove on the muffler mounting bracket and the one band clamp to loosen right behind the O2 sensor. Then with a little wiggling the muffler slips back and off the exhaust pipe. If you use caution when reinstalling it you don't have to replace the slip gasket on the muffler.
Harbor Freight sells a nice portable bike jack for around $100 and it is well worth the cost as you will be using it a lot.
I have dropped my rear off a couple of times and I didn't have to remove the muffler. The nut is on the right side and a good open end metric wrench will take it off. Back off the tension nuts and you will also have to remove the brake caliper mount on the right side to move the caliper out of the way. Pull the bolt, drop the wheel and push it forward to take the belt off and Voila...tire off. I don't have a tension tool so I used the guide bars on the side of the window and pushed up with my finger and tightened the tensioners until I could only push up to the first bar.
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