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Originally Posted by Jared341
You could try a floating idler as well. See: http://www.team228.org/media/pictures/view/5117
I've never seen them on a timing belt before, but I suspect they would work as long as you get enough tooth engagement to make sure they don't fall out. |
We tried that too and it looked like it would work, but the big sprocket that we had didn't have flanges on it so we were worried about it coming out. We could have cut out thin circular plates and attached them to the sprocket to act as flanges. We'll keep that in our back pocket in case we run into trouble with the plastic chain tensioner.
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