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Re: OH SNAP! Belt failures 2014

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Originally Posted by Thad House View Post
I found a picture of our first break. This was the belt on the practice bot. The competition ones were not quite as diagonal of a cut, but they were still really jagged.
This kind of tear looks like what you might get from overstressing a belt. Perhaps it was too tight, or perhaps it was kinked or forced over the edge of a pulley when it was installed.
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