Secondary Pulley Sprocket Quality

[SonWon]

Originally Posted by bustert

why do you need a cushion hub????
i did have one on a suzuki, but hd is not suzuki. sure you can launch wheel up but how often you do that???
btw: the rubber blocks fell to pieces.
you would be surprised at how much a belt drive can take shock loads.
just be glad you do not have a bt!!! easy to do an xl on the road.

A cushion drive reduces the shock on the gears and primary and also provides less lashing.

I'll be sticking with the belt for now.

[rocketnorton]

no compensator?
thought that was hd's version of cush drive
i had 2 belts that didnt take shock loads very well, same sporty
ive never broke a chain
on anything

[needspeed]

The last year that Harley used a compensating sprocket on a sportster was 1976.

[rocketnorton]

gonna blame it on age
was in a buell [2000] primary n trans few mo ago

[SonWon]

Originally Posted by rocketnorton

gonna blame it on age
was in a buell [2000] primary n trans few mo ago

Wait, Buel 2000 had a sprocket compensator on the primary? If true me wondering if it will fit in a 2016?

[Steve9]

You really want that?

Your business.

I replaced the comp. with a sprocket on my dyna and am very glad I did

[bustert]

hummm??? i had a goldstar 500 that ate chains like candy.
belt tension has a lot to do with how a belt reacts to load.
my 01 will lift on take of, hard shift to second at 60 and a little air to third at around 90.
never broke one even with heavy engine braking/ acceleration and a lot with no clutch action, just tweaks of the throttle to unload the drive train.

[rocketnorton]

my belts had 55000 [oe] & 5000 mi [gates replacement] on em
i think they were tensioned properly
both broke on wfo powershifts

i too, used lotta cheap chains up in my younger days
stretch n sprocket wear were the warnings of failure that belts dont give

later learned better chains were worth higher price in long run
put bout 24000 on one

just my experiences...

[bustert]

i always bought farm chains, diff animal. a mc chain does not see continuous loading and only a fraction of hp. the farm chain say on a combine see high loads and even over loads. the issue is you cannot find them anymore as china junk has taken over and farmers are all about $$$$$ now. with proper maintenance my 74 ch with nearly 200k has seen 3 chains and one set of sprockets, not counting ratio changes on the tranny which were 3. true belt cords do not give but contact points do play a larger part. like trying to tear a stack of paper, as a whole you can not but feather the edges, rips easily.

[SonWon]

Given the new one doesn't look better than the old one I will just replace the belt and use the old belt for a spare.

30,000 km / 20,000 miles 2016 Sportster Secondary Sprocket with chrome flaking off