shawnshank
Member
Hello all,
My GEBE 40cc tanaka is running like a charm but I have one issue and was wondering if anyone has had the same problem and if so, how they resolved it.
I've only ridden my bike about 8 times but I decided to do an inspection the other day to see how things were holding up.
I took off the plastic belt cover check out the belt and I noticed something that troubled me.
The vibration from the engine is causing the black belt cover to vibrate and rub on the black plastic housing that the drive shaft comes out of. The black housing is screwed onto the engine and right where the screw goes through the plasic housing is where the belt cover is rubbing on it. It's rubbing so much that it has worn through part of the housing and even worn the metal screw down quite a bit. I'm concerned that it will rub right throught the pastic all the way to the screw and cause the housing to come off. Has anyone had this issue?
If so...what did you do to resolve it? I tried adding a thick rubber washer to the underside of the belt cover to raise if off of the piece it's rubbing on but when I screwed it down, the butt end of the cover still touches the housing.
SS
My GEBE 40cc tanaka is running like a charm but I have one issue and was wondering if anyone has had the same problem and if so, how they resolved it.
I've only ridden my bike about 8 times but I decided to do an inspection the other day to see how things were holding up.
I took off the plastic belt cover check out the belt and I noticed something that troubled me.
The vibration from the engine is causing the black belt cover to vibrate and rub on the black plastic housing that the drive shaft comes out of. The black housing is screwed onto the engine and right where the screw goes through the plasic housing is where the belt cover is rubbing on it. It's rubbing so much that it has worn through part of the housing and even worn the metal screw down quite a bit. I'm concerned that it will rub right throught the pastic all the way to the screw and cause the housing to come off. Has anyone had this issue?
If so...what did you do to resolve it? I tried adding a thick rubber washer to the underside of the belt cover to raise if off of the piece it's rubbing on but when I screwed it down, the butt end of the cover still touches the housing.
SS