Thread: Timing belt in drive success
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Re: Timing belt in drive success
I've seen toothed belts both work well and completely fail.

The time I did see it work well was on 2783's 2009 Unicorn drive... The drive belts were between the CIMs and the crab modules (which had a geardown).

The time I saw it fail was on 1747's 2010 drive... they went between supershifters and 8" plaction/plastic Omnis. The belts skipped teeth like crazy and eventually shredded. They were replaced with 35 Chain which solved the problem.

What it came down to IMHO was that toothed belts do not torque well... They are better at higher speeds, making then better for interfacing motors to transmissions, not transmissions to wheels.
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