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Re: Adjustment of bands
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2017, 07:18:59 PM »
Ok I readjusted the bands today and took it out into the bean field and drove around for 30 minutes and all seemed fine. 5 1\2 inches of stick travel so I’m goin with it. Rode it hard enuff to start melting the muffler into the lower body!!!  Not cool
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Re: Adjustment of bands
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2017, 09:00:25 PM »
Does one side have more travel than the other?
The only adjustment I would do right now is to make them the same.
Then drive it like a rental. dance dance dance dance
Just a hair maybe Whipper. I thought I had like 6 inches of travel and now it’s 8.
I would shorten that 8” down to at least 6” maybe even 5.
I keep Godzilla at about 4” of travel.
It will be a little easier to drive.

Thanks Whipper. I will readjust this soon. If it gains a bunch more travel I’m gonna jerk it out and see wth.
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Re: Adjustment of bands
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2017, 07:27:34 PM »
Does one side have more travel than the other?
The only adjustment I would do right now is to make them the same.
Then drive it like a rental. dance dance dance dance
Just a hair maybe Whipper. I thought I had like 6 inches of travel and now it’s 8.
I would shorten that 8” down to at least 6” maybe even 5.
I keep Godzilla at about 4” of travel.
It will be a little easier to drive.
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Re: Adjustment of bands
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2017, 02:09:40 PM »
I don’t normally mess with them until first oil change. 50 hr+-   Yes they usually change a bit right away especially the heavy metal ones. I believe they straighten a little on the ends when put into use. Run it and have fun.
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Thanks Mark. Just maybe a hair nervous is all. I’m gonna run it a while and see what happens.
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Re: Adjustment of bands
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2017, 02:08:23 PM »
Does one side have more travel than the other?
The only adjustment I would do right now is to make them the same.
Then drive it like a rental. dance dance dance dance
Just a hair maybe Whipper. I thought I had like 6 inches of travel and now it’s 8. Seems to work just fine but more travel than I want. I just ripped around for another 20 minutes pretty hard and measured again and it’s the same so maybe I’m just overreacting a little bit.
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Re: Adjustment of bands
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2017, 01:18:09 PM »
Does one side have more travel than the other?
The only adjustment I would do right now is to make them the same.
Then drive it like a rental. dance dance dance dance
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Re: Adjustment of bands
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2017, 01:11:40 PM »
I don’t normally mess with them until first oil change. 50 hr+-   Yes they usually change a bit right away especially the heavy metal ones. I believe they straighten a little on the ends when put into use. Run it and have fun.

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Adjustment of bands
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2017, 11:18:33 AM »
Ok fellow 6x6ers. How soon after a rebuild should I be readjusting the bands?? I have about an hour of drinkin around in this machine and my lateral throw I guess you’d call it seems to have lengthened a lil bit. Not bad but I’m curious as this is the 1st reduild ive done! This normal??
Thanks in advance as always.
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