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Originally Posted by gorrilla
The failure would happen when one of the ends would come loose then take the rest with it. Each end had two rivets, in between each spoke would also have two. Most of the time the rivets did not come out, the tread just tore a hole in the rubber around the rivet.
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This sounds like the holes through the tread may have been too big. They need to be a very tight fit so you can barely get the rivet through it. The woven foundation of the conveyor belt tread is very tough and will not tear through if the hole is tight enough. And yes, large-head rivets are better. Our swerve drive put severe strain on our treads this year, but we have never had a single tread come loose when properly riveted.