RBK 815 Recumbent Cycle
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Procedure 7.5 - Replacing the Input Pulley
1.
Remove the top, rear, left and right covers per procedure 7.1.
2.
Remove the right crankarm per Procedure 7.4.
3.
Loosen, but do not remove the idler pulley mounting nut.
4.
Remove tension from the primary belt by turning the primary belt tension
adjustment bolt counter-clockwise. See Diagram 7.4.
5.
Remove the primary belt.
6.
Remove the retaining nut from the center of the input pulley while holding the
opposite end of the input axle with an open end wrench, turning clockwise. See
Diagram 7.8.
Diagram 7.8 - Input Pulley
7.
Remove the input pulley and discard.
8.
Slide the replacement input pulley onto the input axle, ensuring that the spacer is
still in place behind the input pulley.
9.
Thread the retaining nut, removed in step 6. onto to the input axle, finger tight
only at this time.
10. Place the primary belt in its mounting position around the input pulley, under the
idler pulley and around the secondary sheave.
11.
Replace the right crankarm per procedure 7.4, steps 6 to 8.
12. Using the thin 1-1/8 inch end wrench, reach behind the crankarm and securely
tighten (counter-clockwise) the input pulley’s retaining nut.
13. Tension the primary belt per procedure 5.1.
Input Pulley
Retaining Nut
