On Monday 10 March 2014 01:34:28 Jon Elson did opine: > On 03/09/2014 10:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings; > > > > I have no clue why, but the replacement belt I got from LMS to replace > > the one I burnt some cogs out of, is now too short by at least 2, > > maybe 4 teeth. > > Try to make sure the belt fits the pulley properly. The > difference between > metric and imperial belt sizes is REALLY small. The worst > is MXL, which > are .080", and the 2mm counterpart, which is only slightly > smaller. > But, if you wrap the wrong belt around a larger pulley, the > mismatch > eventually accumulates so the teeth won't line up all the > way around. > That could account for the belt being just a bit short. > I've run into this. > > Otherwise, you will probably have to count all the teeth. > > Oh, as for where to get them, cheapest is probably > McMaster-Carr,
Ok, I've bought there before. > Grainger's also has a supply. They don't have the widest > selection, And a useless search engine on their web page, has no clue what a gilmer or timing belt is. > so then there are a bunch of specialty suppliers in the power > transmission business that may have tens of thousands of > sizes in stock. It was one of those that gave me the quote for metal pulleys that took my breath away. > > Jon > Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
