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Re: pic: Another Belt-In-Tube Drivetrain

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
If belts are properly aligned and tensioned, this just shouldn't happen. When the belts are on the pulley, they aren't moving relative to each other at all. I've never run into significant problems with a setup like this.
This looks to be like a quite tight definition of "properly". If the holes aren't bored a lot closer to square than many teams can probably manage, the belts on the drive shaft will migrate one way or the other, and shall end up rubbing on the bearings (not TOO bad, but not optimal), or each other (as described), or both (one goes to a bearing, the other is jammed against the first belt, with the same results). The 'both' case actually seems rather likely as I work through the variations.
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