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Originally Posted by joelg236
I'm looking for objective differences between the vex pro line up of belts ( here) and gates belts ( example) and mcmaster (are they gates too?) ( example)
We had some wear on our drivetrain belts (160T Vex 15MM), was wondering what better options were out there. |
What does the wear look like? Often time that can help you figure out what the problem is. If the teeth are stripping off, you are lundertensioned. If the belt snaps or the core fibers are breaking, you are either over tensioned or out of spec. You should be fine with 15mm. I know that 192 runs 15mm wide and doesn't have an issue. I was going to comment that a high CG also plays into how the belts wear, but then I remembered how ridiculously low your CG is.
If you want, you can run GT2 belts on HTD pulleys and have more strength than HTD belts on HTD pulleys (but less than GT2 on GT2). This won't fix the problem of if you are undertensioned.
-Travis