Thread: Belt Tensioners
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Re: Belt Tensioners

Using belts on our drivetrain for the first time, we've been having fun with belt tensioning issues. Here is what 842 has come up with to take out that last bit of slack from the belt (see the light grey plate on the left side of the image; it is the support for the idler poking through the hole in the frame). Constructed from fiberglass pultrusions and ball bearings for the idler.