BDL Belt Adjustment On My Shovelhead 

I'd watch more of your videos if you didn't wear that lame ass T necklace. Maybe time to take a Ancient history class, catch up on some facts? You know what they say religion is like a penis, not polite to be swinging it out in public.

Pacific Mike, that guy helped me rebuild my evil motor by messenger and email and watching his video about 30 times…!! Outstanding gentleman, outstanding channel yours as well …🍻🍻😎😎🦾🦾🦾thank you fur sharing your wisdom…….!love your bloopers at end …😂🤣

Good common sense thinking there. Like your simple solutions to any problem. And keep wearing the cross. Great statement of Faith. Cheers from down under 🇦🇺 Stan.

Good Morning 🌅, Angel, GREAT Content as per usual , RED , you and your farther have done a great job building your bike, I noticed somebody passed a unfriendly comment , Stay Safe my little Angel, peace ☮️, France.

Love your how-to videos! You've got more common sense than most folks. You and your dad built a fantastic bike. Keep on doing what you're doing!

Such a Beautiful Young Lady admitting she's tiny! Gotta Love it!! Miss Angel, You and your Dad built one hell uv a custom bike, I am impressed with it more every episode. I have an 87 Goldwing that I have chopped weight off of and still need to ramp it up on boards if I am using a bike jack to get it in the air. Great technique and Thank You for being safe. I saw your milk crate under it to help balance when pulling and pushing on nuts and bolts, I stack pieces of lumber under my rear tire when removing weight so mine doesn't tip over. When I changed the rear tire here beside my camper I stacked weights on the seat when I removed the tire and wheel. It got shaky as I removed the shaft and final drive making me wish I'd done this work on the table with the drop out for the wheel. Thank You Lovely Lady for taking care of your ride and yourself in turn, we who love you appreciate that very much. As for your outtakes? We enjoy seeing you any chance we get and laugh or smile right along with you and NO- YOU do not sound fake at all. With Love and Respect, You are in my prayers Hoka Hey

Angel, wow you are thinking this through. Your Dad has to be very proud. Your attention to detail and your work. Great presentation. 💯

Pay no heed to jerks like that one Red, he or she has lost their tiny mind! I have only watched your videos for a week and you are right-on-top Red! I may be an old man but my mind is still clear and you are one of a few...

Absolutely love the bloopers at the end 😂😂😂 ❤

Very interesting. The more I see of the details of your bike the more I like it. I like that you know about the details, and know how to work with them, too!

Angel, Your bike has such awesome engineering and is so beautiful!!

Hey there! As always, a detailed and informative video for do it yourselves. Thank you for what you do. Look forward to the next video. I hope you are having a great summer!

It took me a minute but your Fender moves with your swing arm that is badass never would have thought of that

Nice video Angel. Thanks for your efforts.

Nice job! Great colors on the bike using the copper tubing and paint combination. As we all know working by yourself in a small shop can be sketchy regardless how big you are. 😂 Videos are always great. Thanks

I love the idea of the second set of axle adjusters to hold it in place. Had some issues with my Panhead pulling the axle back on the opposite side from the chain. If the chain is too loose it eats away the plastic "saver" on the starter drive. If it's too tight it pulls the chain side forward, which won't move so the other side moves back. I really like your setup.

0:05- these are great, beautiful hands😆❤. An old motorcycle is like an old grandfather: it's not clear what he's mumbling, he's always sweating, you have to wipe him all the time, but he's so cute and charismatic, but he loves us anyway and we love him❤.

luv yr blooper wrong camera shoot ..lmao the sunshine one was pretty fun hahaha

The general practice I've seen in the chopper crowds concerning the open primary belt adjustment is if you can twist the belt to almost 90 degrees at the center, that's deemed as acceptable.

I love your outtakes. 😅😂 Peace

Great video Red ; keep them coming👍👍👍

Excellent vid ty! Love the measuring sticks!

Excellent video and job Ms, Red

Good on ya, Red for learnin' us all to make small, equal adjustments from one side to the other to avoid gettin' everything all cattywampus and wearing out everything because of misalignment. It's way easier to keep things straight than it is to have to straighten things out because of poor planning. Passing on your pop's know-how! :)

Awesome job. Your knowledge is amazing ❤

Nice setup. Very functional.

That is one excellent looking hog Miss. Red

Great job on the chain &trans there slick!

I just replaced the chain on my Yamaha at 19,000 miles. There is no drive belt adjustment on my Buell. The axle shaft is tapered. You put the axle in XXXXX many turns install the belt then tighten the axle the rest of the way . The belt has an idler pully and there is no backlash between deceleration and hitting the throttle. Chain slack is always a pain. Since I never owned a Harley or a Buell before, I used the shop manual to adjust the Primary chain on the Buell .

As always, nice short informative video! 👍 I have to say, altough I'm an egine builder I have never used a torque wrench for anything besides main caps ,rod caps, and head bolts... Lol...

Good job🎉

Pacific Mike is Great man ,Great video Have a great day.

Hi from Nj. Great job and I do the same thing with my bike to get clearance to do maintenance. Take care

eleven minutes of eye candy

great job

Crazy cool ride very nice ..

Red, had to change my rear brakelight switch and wanted to adjust my preload on my shocks.(softail). Same issue, the bike is too low. Put a 2inch board up front and used a regular car floor jack in the back. Was a little scetchy, but it worked. When i went to adjust my shocks, i couldn't get thru the motorcycle jack. So, get the 4 x 4's out. A couple of them and i could let down the jack and out of the way. What a pain!!! Sure wish i had one of those fancy bike lifts!! Lol.

I like your how to vids, especially when you have cool tools that you made. I only need a 2x4 under the rear tire for the lift. But i also need a floor jack on the forks to get the front tire off the ground... long bike problems

Great video, really like your content. My bike, TC88 Softail, was pulling slightly to the left when riding. Not much, just annoying if taking my hands off the bars for a moment. I use an alignment rod for the rear axle to frame as per Harley manual. So, I tried moving the left side axle adjuster 1/4-turn forward (still within the alignment rod tolerance). Bike rides much better. The belt tension needed to be set too as in your video. P.S. Rockin' the Cross too!! Stay strong in Christ.

good job Red... spewing l missed ya live stream yesterday only made the last min before ya signed off... cheers Red....

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Preventive maintenance will keep you rolling down the road and not broke down waiting for help to arrive. Little things and attention to detail keeps everything running the way it was designed to. Great video and how to keep your bike set up properly. How's Johnny Crash doing these days? Haven't seen him out and about in a while. Ride and stay safe! Peace!

Angel your ramp idea is great. Only suggestion make yourself another ramp for the front. There’s where you were having problems wink

Hey Angel, If you have to use this method to lift the bike, there is one other thing that will help. Put a 2x6 under the jiffy stand to bring the bike closer to upright. Then you won't have as much trouble getting the jack under it. I do this when I'm changing fluids.

That is a nice bike

🆒 Video Red Angel !!!!!

I have the same problem, getting the lift underneath of my Indian Chieftain and do the same as you Angel!

Never seen those double sided adjusters before, neat.` I've broken two belts (final drive) using a factory adjuster gizmo, now if i can turn the belt to approx' 90 degrees that works, at least on a 1 1/4" belt primary drive. Chain final is the way to go, gives far more options that out weigh negative aspects. LoL, blowing XX's with greasy fingers, the result of that should have made it to the bloopers!

Great idea... Working on my 2015 street 750. Fuel problems from not having a catch can. I think. I've changed pump line then cleaned injectors. Got it to start but it shuts right back down. Thinking maybe collapsed line. No codes. I did notice this last yr it'll run but only at full throttle

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1:45 How difficult it is, only girls can bother so much... The guy will just pick up the motorcycle with his hands, something will crack in his back, he will swear at everything, throw it, and go drink beer with the words "Half the job is done, I'll finish everything tomorrow.."🤣

Thinking about converting my shovel to belt drive. Can’t decide if I want to go open or leave it enclosed with the vented inspection and derby covers. We’ll see what happens. Take care Angel and ride safe.

I bought some Bel-Ray chain wax by accident in a aerosol can. I thought I was ordering Bel-Ray Super Tacky chain lube it's for dirt bikes ect. I bought 1/2 a case of Bel-Ray chain lube 20 years ago and still have a few cans of it.. It's very foamy and very messy. The newer style Super tacky goes on as a liquid but the solvents in it evaporate and lease a drier sticky oil on the chain,

I want a Bobber. 😘

Angel with dirty hands.😇

Angel i got my shirt today thank you.

Yep, just washed and cleaned my chain. Scrubbed it then lubed it. I figure that my drive chain has about an extra inch of play in it.

Angel, throw a cinch strap over the bike when you roll it on the lift. Snug not tight, then after it's in the air tighten the strap. This keeps the bike flat on the lift without risk of falling over.

Still the woman of many talents beautiful 😍

What’s very interesting. Being that I am a British bike guy with some Honda experience. I have no idea what it’s like to have a belt primary or main drive. I kinda like the sound of a chain and the durability of a chain, but it’s interesting to see how the belts adjusted. One thing I’ll never understand is to the open primary. I don’t think I want my pants or my foot yanked to that thing.

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check your manual 😮 😅 Yup, read the book... It's good advice, muffin! marcus

Very well-documented, Angel, and in only 11 minutes! What I cannot grasp is how you'll refer to inches and pound-feet, but then mention kilometers per hour. So which is it? Metric, or Reasonable? Or, are Canadians as bonkers as we Yankees? Hahahahaha!

I have 2 long 2x6 boards I ride up on to get a jack under mine. 😆

Drats! Looks like I was second.

I would put a nut on both sides of the threaded boss on the outer axle adjuster bolt. I leave nothing to chance I like to Double nut things.

Deflection.🙂

Very nice! Just a question was your dad a member of ZZ TOP?

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Good sketchy trick for a low bike.

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Red... Belts are for pants!

Angel, did your Shovelhead come originally with the inner primary cover bolted directly to the transmission case and the engine before the EOT made the custom mount you were talking about allowing for the ease of adjustments on your primary drive belt drive along with the double push pull adjusters for the rear wheel or was this necessary to put your engine and transmission together? Because on my 72 that inner primary locks the 2 basically in 1 position with no adjustment to move the transmission like that. Mine had the original chain adjustment parts which don't work with my BDL primary conversion, that outer piece for the adjustment was actually missing when i acquired the bike in pieces with all of the S&S Sidewinder 96 cu/in upgrade parts. Luckily the belt falls within the specs for the adjustments without that outer piece of the factory adjuster even though I've been trying to find that piece to try and fabricate a custom roller to go under the belt to help support it and keep the belt from stretching from the added torque being applied to it. I've been trying to check the antique swap meets and online for it or even an inner primary cover with it that i can swap over to mine. Id like to gʻ❤

Red, Have you ever4 had a bike fall off the lift?

I have a stock 81 Sturgis where you're supposed to adjust the belt by sliding the transmission and inner primary together... But the factory did not slot the primary bolt holes at the motor, so effectively there is no adjustment possible. On my 82 Sturgis the primary holes are slotted.

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Hey..I couldn't help but notice the master link on your chain the coating has worn off but the rest of the chain hasn't..is that from using a link from another chain or has that one been wearing ? might wanna check the thickness to see if it's wearing thin.. don't wanna see that chain come apart while you're cruising..

How did you learn to do all of this stuff? Do you want to be a bike mechanic as a profession?

Always strapped my bikes to the lift before doing anything. Even if it's a oil change. The bike just hanging there, in the air bugs me out

With all the bikes you have on the go , you need a hydraulic platform lift.

I never noticed that your bike has an open belt primary. I tried a bike with a similar setup. Ruined my left pants leg. I am sticking to a closed primary with a big ass chain.

That looks a little awkward backing up the bike like that to get the lift underneath. I've got an old chopper and I usually roll mine forward to do that. To each their own though.

nothing between you and the road ,but a few wrenches , and some oil,,,all good

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. I txted on your live feed for 1/2hour before I realized the feed had ended…, l kept wondering. How come I’m the only one texting? Texted longest. Whooooo. Hooooo!!

Open belt primary, BAD IDEA. You don't believe it?You will find out. I DID. Little sand and grit gets embedded in the belt and eats your aluminum pulleys up. I didn't believe it either, I found out the hard way.

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