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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
Would of the end of the rivet over time push through the belt and webbing?
Also are you saying to actually glue the webbing onto the spool or glue the belt onto the spool and rivet the belt to the spool?
Would either of those work?
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My thought was to attach the webbing to the belt only. You also want to go all the way around the pulley, and use enough webbing so that the rivet is under shear stress, not extension. If you thought you might have tension stress with a normally blind rivet holding two pieces of rubber together, you could add a washer on the other side to prevent pull-out. If you do that, you're going to need a sprocket without a flange, at least on one side, so you can assemble the setup and slide it onto the sprocket. Then you would add your larger flange to keep the webbing aligned.
Also, Mr. V is correct in that having a couple of wraps that never come off will reduce the stress on your attachment point(s) significantly. As you have already modified your sheave, your simplest route at this point is to add a couple of wraps of webbing to reduce the end stress.