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Re: pic: Belt Drive Chassis
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Originally Posted by jspatz1
A timing belt can handle any high torque job if it is sized properly. They power Harley motorcycles for Pete's sake. Just a matter of looking up the load rating of the belt, and estimating the load in your system. But these ratings only apply with sufficient wrap on the pulleys, which is also part of the belt specs. Keep in mind that your motor/transmission can only exert a certain amount of torque before it stalls, and the the wheels will only see a certain amount of torque before they slip on carpet. If your belt can handle these torques, its good.
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Another example of the use of a timing belt is in many cars. I have had to replace the timing belt in my Volkswagen GTI before, but that was entirely due to fatigue as opposed to straight force.
-Brando
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