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Re: Gates belt theroy questions
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Originally Posted by Munchskull
Also I have heard that mixing different belt with htd5 pulleys can result in less failure than just using HTD 5. Is there any merit to that?
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Using GT2 belts with HTD pulleys is slightly stronger than HTD / HTD, but weaker than GT2 / GT2. I don't think you need to do this - if your belt strength is marginal enough for this to make the difference you don't have a big enough safety factor.
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https://www.gates.com/~/media/files/...ure-102005.pdf
This brochure from Gates does a pretty good job of explaining what belts interface with what pulleys. The one thing it doesn't include is the GT3 series of timing belts, which interface with GT2 pulleys.
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