02-02-2016, 12:00
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Re: Do GT2 belts work on HTD pulleys reliably?
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Has anyone else had issues with belt calculators coming up short on center to center distance? Our belts are a lot looser than we'd like then to be, using the distance provided on the WCP calculator.
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Proper tension for a belt is surprisingly loose in my experience. It shouldn't be skipping or anything, but the belts do have a little give. I've found teams that manually tension belts tend to over tension which decreases belt life.
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