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Re: Gates belt theroy questions
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Originally Posted by Basel A View Post
Can you give a reference on this? I don't see anything on the VEX website. If I were to buy a belt on SDP-SI, they give tolerances in the range of 0.02 in. Which belts or suppliers are you talking about?
That's the Gates specificifation. It would still apply to GT3 and their HTD. The HTD patent is expired, so there's lots of aftermarket HTD belts. How more or less accurate second source suppliers are is unknown. But for as cheap as these belts are now, I wouldn't expect tighter tolerances.
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