$300 OEM CVT Belts for $100???

Scootin' Boomer

Scootin' Boomer

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Thanks for this welcome lead. Since my 2013 Sport is well out of warranty and my BMW shop has already installed non-BMW parts on it without objection, I ordered a belt last night, the 23rd. The total, delivered price came to €90,38 which currently converts to $111.22 USD. I will post another comment here when I receive it.
Thanks again.
 
bicyclenut

bicyclenut

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wsteele,

That's good to hear. I have just over 12,000 miles on mine and I have been debating replacing belt before a late spring trip to Smoky Mountains. I am sure i will put on at least a couple thousand before I go (maybe to 14-15K miles) and 2-3K on trip so I might be at 18K miles when I return. So I may just wait until after the trip to replace the belt. Was also looking at chain adjuster maintenance but sounds like that may wait as well. Maybe I'll just do an inspection with parts ready if that discovers something needing attention. Thanks

wsteele said:
I got the parts that they replaced when they did the belt and rollers on my bike this week. I would say the belt is good for at least 24000 miles there was very little wear on the belt they returned to me. Looks almost new Also the rollers aside for a few carbon tracks the rollers have no flat spots on them, can't see any wear on them. I did the belt and rollers because I'm taking a week long trip and also wanted to see what was with the belt etc. I won't be replacing this belt until I have at least 40000 miles on the bike have about 16750 miles on it just before the work was done. The chain drive has 7 mm deflection on as of now. 15 mm is the limit so they say.
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exavid

exavid

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You could take the belt with you just in case if you're concerned about the old one. Not much chance you'd really need it but if you're concerned at least you wouldn't be stuck anywhere waiting for one.
 
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Rifleman3006

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exavid said:
You could take the belt with you just in case if you're concerned about the old one. Not much chance you'd really need it but if you're concerned at least you wouldn't be stuck anywhere waiting for one.
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Does anyone know of a really good video that might be available to show someone with some basic skills how to replace the belt, rollers, etc?

thanks
 
bicyclenut

bicyclenut

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davidh,

Where did you get the BMW variator brace tool from?

I just ordered the belt from the place in Italy and the rollers from Dr Pulley in Germany last night to have around when I need to change.

Thanks!
 
davidh

davidh

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bicyclenut said:
davidh,

Where did you get the BMW variator brace tool from?

I just ordered the belt from the place in Italy and the rollers from Dr Pulley in Germany last night to have around when I need to change.

Thanks!
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Do you mean the variator holder? I got it from BMW but you could probably get clever and re-create something to hold it.
 
davidh

davidh

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bicyclenut said:
davidh,

Thanks, put a parts request in at my dealer or may just order online. And thanks for the PDF instructions, may not even need to fire up the CD Manual to do this thanks your info!
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Anytime. I've done it four (or maybe five) times so I'm pretty familiar with the process :). Good luck and report back!
 
bicyclenut

bicyclenut

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Ordered the belt from carpimoto.it on Wednesday 2/7 (Italy) and arrived today 2/9 (USA). $111.54 shipped at current Euro exchange rate. Would have cost me more money AND time to go to dealer.
 
bicyclenut

bicyclenut

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Decided to go ahead and inspect CVT belt tonight and will likely just replace it and upgrade with Dr Pulley Sliders/Rollers since I have it apart. I’m at about 13K and with trip in mountains in a couple months will just play it safe. All was going well but the BMW engineers decided to place one bolt for CVT cover in very inaccessible place that requires a particular T-30 torx. Needs to be long and small diameter like a screwdriver to fit through a hole they added to the frame crossmember for this purpose. Of course all my torx are 1/4 and 3/8 drive sockets so no go until I can get to a store in morning. Ready to open up except for one bolt #%!?$!!!
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davidh

davidh

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bicyclenut said:
Decided to go ahead and inspect CVT belt tonight and will likely just replace it and upgrade with Dr Pulley Sliders/Rollers since I have it apart. I’m at about 13K and with trip in mountains in a couple months will just play it safe. All was going well but the BMW engineers decided to place one bolt for CVT cover in very inaccessible place that requires a particular T-30 torx. Needs to be long and small diameter like a screwdriver to fit through a hole they added to the frame crossmember for this purpose. Of course all my torx are 1/4 and 3/8 drive sockets so no go until I can get to a store in morning. Ready to open up except for one bolt #%!?$!!!

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Yep! And you said you read the PDF!? It's right there at the top of page 3. :)

And yeah, it's dumb!
 
bicyclenut

bicyclenut

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davidh said:
Yep! And you said you read the PDF!? It's right there at the top of page 3. :)

And yeah, it's dumb!
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David,

Yeah I did read the PDF about a month ago (probably should have studied the photos closer) and the BMW Service DVD before I started. I had a folding torx set that I thought would work but these were too short.

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