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Unread 25-01-2014, 22:30
Andrew Lawrence
 
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Re: 9 mm Wide Belts

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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56 View Post
Or the belts are outside of their safe working limit. They were 26 teeth, and slightly on the overtight side. In my experience, belts are not very well suited for rapid direction changes with relatively high torque and minimal tooth engagement which is what happens in a west coast drive since pullies are generally kept smaller than 2" diameter.
That's very interesting. I've never heard of problems on correctly tensioned belts in a drive. Were you using GT2? HTD is better rated for rapid direction change, though it really shouldn't matter.
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