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| | | TarkMalbot | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 07/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 143 | | Location | : | Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Aug 2013 - 16:35 Post title : Storm Pulley | | | I have never liked the grey rear pulley on my Thunderbird and couldn't justify the price of the chrome pulley. When browsing the bay I found a Black rear pulley from the storm and won the auction at a good price.
I just got round to fitting it yesterday.
I have been working on bikes for 15 years and never had a bike as difficult to get the rear wheel in and out. I dont know if it was just me but I can do a Race bike wheel and sprocket change in about 2 minutes but it took me ages to do this yesterday. And then I got caught in a down pour riding it home from my tuners garage who had a lift.
Anyway let me know what you think.
Mark.
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| | | Rachael7 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 511 | | Location | : | Greenfield, MA, United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Aug 2013 - 16:59 Post title : Re: Storm Pulley (Re: TarkMalbot) | | | The black pulley looks great 
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| | | TarkMalbot | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 07/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 143 | | Location | : | Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Aug 2013 - 17:02 Post title : Re: Storm Pulley (Re: Rachael7) | | |
Rachael7 wrote:
The black pulley looks great |
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Thanks. I am considering swingarm covers but can't decide if it would look better in Black or Chrome.
| Thunderbird 1700 Big Bore
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T Bars, Dart Screen, LongHaul & Back Rest/Rear Rack
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| | | SeanS | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,179 | | Location | : | Matlock, Derbyshire UK, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Aug 2013 - 18:13 Post title : Re: Storm Pulley (Re: TarkMalbot) | | |
TarkMalbot wrote:
I have never liked the grey rear pulley on my Thunderbird and couldn't justify the price of the chrome pulley. When browsing the bay I found a Black rear pulley from the storm and won the auction at a good price.
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Ah so it was you I was bidding against.
At least it went to a forum member
Looks good Mark :
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| | | daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Aug 2013 - 18:16 Post title : Re: Storm Pulley (Re: TarkMalbot) | | | I wanted to strip mine and leave it polished aluminum like someone here did when the site first started. Looked great. I just never got around to it. As to wheel removal, yep, it's a bitch. You'll get better at it tho. Last time it was a breeze compared to times before. The tricks are 1-use bungee cords to hold the pulley/hub assembly to the wheel, 2- position the wheel as good as possible and lower the bike a bit at a time, then stop and reposition things, slip the caliper bracket and pulley on as it becomes easiest as you lower it bit by bit stopping every so often. 3- i cant emphasize this enough....go slow and access the situation as you go and think it thru carefully. trying to get it over with results in sweaty frustration and major swearing ! Once lowered to where all things are in place and the holes for the axl are lined up well then you're home.
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| | | TarkMalbot | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 07/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 143 | | Location | : | Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Aug 2013 - 18:21 Post title : Re: Storm Pulley (Re: daz) | | | And to make matters worse I put it together and missed out the inner bearing bush so had to do it all again! And it was still just as much a bitch the second time round! The pads came out of the spring retaining clips and were a pain to get back in.
And don't even get me started on the belt alignment as I think that's been done to death!
| Thunderbird 1700 Big Bore
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T Bars, Dart Screen, LongHaul & Back Rest/Rear Rack
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| | | johnmark | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/06/2013 | | Posts | : | 53 | | Location | : | owensboro, kentucky, United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Aug 2013 - 21:16 Post title : Re: Storm Pulley (Re: TarkMalbot) | | | I installed the chrome and they look great. with the black pulley the chrome should really shine. these are very easy to install also.
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| | | Leethal | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/01/2011 | | Posts | : | 6,593 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 02 Aug 2013 - 00:06 Post title : Re: Storm Pulley (Re: TarkMalbot) | | | Mark you need Mat's adjusters, makes life easier. Pulley looks much better than undercoat grey!!
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| | | mjgt | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,201 | | Location | : | North Somerset, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 02 Aug 2013 - 08:20 Post title : Re: Storm Pulley (Re: TarkMalbot) | | | Well done, it looks a lot better than standard
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