[Ducati] Old topic: 4v Belt tensioer

[Ronald Betts]

All I have ever done on anything with a cam belt,including many belt changes 
on my 95 , is check tension on the slack side by twisting the belt. You 
should not be able to twist the belt to half a turn. I keep mine at about a 
quarter twist. Been working for me for many years and havent had a failure, 
yet....Knock on wood !



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!





>From: "George Betzhold" <george at scottishwoods.com>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: RE: [Ducati] Old topic: 4v Belt tensioer
>Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:03:01 -0400
>
>So what's wrong with a 5mm allen on a 2V? Frequency seems like a lot of 
>unnecessary  BS.
>
>George Betzhold
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net]On
>Behalf Of Mark Hollingsworth
>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:54 AM
>To: Ducati Owners Group
>Subject: Re: [Ducati] Old topic: 4v Belt tensioer
>
>
>Yes, you pluck it and the belt will vibrate.
>Dan Mullen has done some experimenting with this.
>
>Note that you need to get the fundimental of the belt, not pick up a
>harmonic.
>
>Mark
>
>sfrank at knology.net writes:
>
> > I had never heard of the frequency method of checking belt tension, but 
>it
> > makes sense.  The only question I have is how do you create the sound 
>for
> > the microphone/computer/software to measure?  Do you just pluck the belt
> > with your finger like a guitar string?
> >
> > Shane
> >
> >
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