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Re: Center to Center with belts

We use a worksheet to calculate C-C distances for axles driving chains or belts. This works really well without requiring tensioners for short runs (<=6"). Longer runs require tensioners or empirical determination. Link to worksheet below:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2715
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