Shorter drive belt experiment

[moz_21]

Has anyone experimented with a shorter drive belt? I'm using the stock 1078 belt but am out of jackshaft adjustment. I wanted to try running a little tighter belt to fix some bogging. Clutches are aligned with the tool.

[gixxer6]

Did you try another belt?  If you adjusted the center to center distance with the tool and the belt is too loose I would think there is a problem with the belt...

[moz_21]

New belts yields very minimal improvement. I also have minor grooving on my primary clutch that I just noticed, toward the bottom. However, belt deflection is a little high, 1 3/4.

[gixxer6]

Maybe the bogging isn't caused by the clutches/belt? 

[moz_21]

Maybe the bogging isn't caused by the clutches/belt?

Might not be. To be fair, I grew up on this thing and it's never ran better than I've got out now. Crank seals are amazing.

[JDmatt]

Running a shorter belt would lower clutch engagement and upshift, I don't think that would help with a bogging issue.