Triumph Thunderbird Owner's Manual page 82

Maintenance and Adjustment
Measure the drive belt tension as follows:
Note:
• During the following procedure
the exhaust is shown removed for
clarity, however it is not necessary
to remove the exhaust to check or
adjust the drive belt tension.
• Slide the small O-ring on tool
T3880126 along the tool to the zero
position on the load scale.
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1. Load scale
2. O-ring
3. Zero position
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• Push the deflection slider and its
O-ring down the tool, so that it will
not touch the drive belt lower cover
when the tool is positioned to the
drive belt. Rotate the deflection slider
so that it will contact the lower belt
cover when the tool is positioned to
the motorcycle.
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1. Service tool T3880126
2. Deflection slider
3. O-ring