Hello all,
Been kinda busy with woodwork projects so I havent posted Lana's love letters recently
In my blind lust, I dont know how, but a crucial detail slipped past me.
There was no drive belt!
IDK why or how the belt was missing off the shaft.
There was no evidence of rubber dust, belt shards, no nothing to indicate the belt had rubbed or otherwise worn off or broken
The only thing I can think of it was purposely cut off. Only one possible clue, there were some minor impact marks on the slotted nut that tighthens the main shaft.
I was left scratching my head, absolutely not relishing the thought of pulling the shaft and bearings apart to slip on a new B belt...there was a bit of a dark cloud above me.
After a couple days I searched around and saw a post for segmented belt on another machine forum.
I had known of them in the past but completely forgotten their existence.
I was skeptical at first and weighed the merits of an endless belt vs. segmented. Apparently, a segment belt does not transmit vibration same as an endless belt, it isolates the entireity from the few segments that contact the pulley. And mostly, I didnt have to perform major surgery on Lana... that thought was a major turn off
Lots of offshore offerings from the genie in the bottle but I didnt want to go there.
After a couple days searching the major power transmission manufacturers I decided on this accu-link belt from Megadyne corp.
Why? It was made in USA and could buy it in a 4 ft length, only had to waste 3 links.
Other offerings were sold in 6 ft+ lenghts but by far the lowest cost at only $8 per foot was from a company called Agri sales inc.
Total cost incl. shipping $42 USD
I have a freight warehouse in Wa. State only 7 mins from my place so that works out well for all my US freight. At the border, cbsa guy looked at the invoice and growled at me to get lost.. tax freee!...
Installation took minutes the hardest part was the belt was curved wrong way backwards, once i threaded it thru and got it to stay put re linking the 2 tabs was pretty easy with needle nose vise grips and needle nose pliers.
Been kinda busy with woodwork projects so I havent posted Lana's love letters recently
In my blind lust, I dont know how, but a crucial detail slipped past me.
There was no drive belt!
IDK why or how the belt was missing off the shaft.
There was no evidence of rubber dust, belt shards, no nothing to indicate the belt had rubbed or otherwise worn off or broken
The only thing I can think of it was purposely cut off. Only one possible clue, there were some minor impact marks on the slotted nut that tighthens the main shaft.
I was left scratching my head, absolutely not relishing the thought of pulling the shaft and bearings apart to slip on a new B belt...there was a bit of a dark cloud above me.
After a couple days I searched around and saw a post for segmented belt on another machine forum.
I had known of them in the past but completely forgotten their existence.
I was skeptical at first and weighed the merits of an endless belt vs. segmented. Apparently, a segment belt does not transmit vibration same as an endless belt, it isolates the entireity from the few segments that contact the pulley. And mostly, I didnt have to perform major surgery on Lana... that thought was a major turn off
Lots of offshore offerings from the genie in the bottle but I didnt want to go there.
After a couple days searching the major power transmission manufacturers I decided on this accu-link belt from Megadyne corp.
Why? It was made in USA and could buy it in a 4 ft length, only had to waste 3 links.
Other offerings were sold in 6 ft+ lenghts but by far the lowest cost at only $8 per foot was from a company called Agri sales inc.
Total cost incl. shipping $42 USD
I have a freight warehouse in Wa. State only 7 mins from my place so that works out well for all my US freight. At the border, cbsa guy looked at the invoice and growled at me to get lost.. tax freee!...
Installation took minutes the hardest part was the belt was curved wrong way backwards, once i threaded it thru and got it to stay put re linking the 2 tabs was pretty easy with needle nose vise grips and needle nose pliers.
