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Re:Proper Axle Torque and... 2 Years, 7 Months ago  
Deedot wrote:
My issue with belt tension is this. What if your hands are way stronger or weaker than mine? Any way of telling the actual proper tension? Is there a tool or something?

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Yes, there is a tension gauge that can be bought from Yamaha. You push up on the belt with the tension Gauge and read the tension on the gauge. I prefer using my hand. It is irrelevant how strong one is. It is all about feel. We are talking about twisting the belt until the belt resists significantly. Yes you can twist the belt beyond this but it takes much more effort. Where the belt resists twisting to the point it wants to stop twisting is where the tension of the belt is. This should be a 45 degree twist. Besides that, I have used those cheap tension gauges before, and I trust my feel more than I do them.
 
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