Originally Posted by
squidbuellie
I have a couple of questions. You might have already mentioned it, but I'm to lazy to go through your post.
1) is your bike a 2003?
2) are you running a 2003 pulleys and belt?
The reason I'm asking is the 2003 belt system is different then the 2004-2009
If you bike is a 2003 and has the later 2004 and up belt and pulleys then the reason someone knotched the idle pulley arm is because they did not change the idle arm when they did the belt swap the angel of the arm is different.
Or if your bike is a 2004 and up they could have used a 90s sportster belt or tried to run a chain.
The reason I'm giving you this info is because if you have a 2003 belt system and bought a 2004 idle arm. it will not work and if you have a 2004 set up and bought a 2003 idle arm it will not work either.
There are also other reasons it could be knotched... There are a bunch of shade tree machaincs out there.
Good luck.