On Monday 10 March 2014 05:53:17 Mark Wendt did opine: > On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> 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. I find that by the time I get the motor leveled and > > the belt running true, the far end of the motor with the flywheel is > > going to be dragging on the cover I made by about 1/16" where before > > it had 1/8" of clearance. That OEM belt is a lighter duty belt, black > > neoprene I think, and the edges can wear ragged fairly rapidly if > > touching the flange of the motor pulley. The new one is already worn > > & ragged just from hand exercise while the old ones edges are > > pristine after many hours of service. > > > > I believe thats a 72 cog belt. Who is the best and most economical > > supplier for the white kevlar backed version of these small timing > > belts of nominally 9mm widths? > > > > >From the clearance and alignment problems, I think a 74 or 75 tooth > > >would > > > > be much better. > > > > The non-flanged pulley gear measures about 10.2mm width, but the > > flange separation is about 9.8mm. And a 9mm belt seems to fit quite > > well. > > > > Thanks all. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Gene, > > Dunno if they're the cheapest, but I've never had a problem with them: > > http://www.sdp-si.com/ > I see that in XL they have a 9.5mm width which would fit, but if you hunt around, the GT2 2mm pitch stuff doesn't match at all. They don't link the sizes separate, so the metric stuff is like 68 down clicks to look at all of them. I'll get the 2nd new one I got from LMS & see if there are any ID marks on it. Then look around tomorrow.
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