OH SNAP! Belt failures 2014

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18-04-2014, 23:47

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Re: OH SNAP! Belt failures 2014

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Originally Posted by kevincrispie

It looks like the teeth are coming off this belt, which means that it is likely undertensioned. Teeth coming off belts is a pretty common failure for undertensioning.

Although that could be a reason that our belt sheared teeth, it was overtensioned if anything (it was extremely difficult to get on), and made the nice tension'd sound. The cause of failure was the sheer force put on the belt.

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