Originally Posted By Dan_Lockwood


Richard,

I only said "close to the centerline" because I've read here that it may not be exactly on centerline with the BB shaft.

But I do stand by my point, and that was that it's close enough to not make a difference in belt tension when the swingarm is up or down from ride height.


Sorry Dan wasn't criticising your post, just making a point regarding accuracy of centre line alignment.

It seems likely that MMC did originally intend the BB box to be accurately aligned with swing arm pivots since with a clean design sheet there would be little credence in not doing so. As production changes have been made though, particularly the retro and production isolastic mountings, then maybe a small amount of mis-alignment has crept in, hence Laurens findings.

Last edited by Richard Wood; 09/06/16 01:24 PM.
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