Belt gone!

[Ty Korrigan]

I tried to get the Global guy (not Dean) to give me a free belt when I bought it but he assured me that they NEVER went...DUR!

Ty

[Jonny69]

Have you re-tensioned them TY?

 

I did on mine, Bandit though not a HB20.

 

I calipered the bolts on the housings to get the belt tension correct, this is not right. You need to string or rule the pulleys so they are aligned. oooops

 

Not had a problem since I did that.

 

The belts I have on mine now are dunlop and they are 5 singles, rather than one piece.

[Ty Korrigan]

Blerk, I'm up early for an expat trade show today in Dinan.

I've got to take the HB20 and Quadchip and get them car washed first.

 

I've tensioned the belt a few times since new.

You do this by undoing the 4 engine mountings then turning the engine tension bolt.

The belt developed a hole 18months ago when a stone entered via the 'breather' holes in the casing.

Then when I changed the bearings, I didn't get the pulley bolts tight enough and the pulley slipped and rubbed the housing causing immense heat build up on 2 occasions

I may put a drop of lock tight on the threads this time.

 

I can now see the attraction of a beltless hydro drive to the head...

Ty

[kimtree]

debris getting into the belts/sheaves leads to the eventual death of them

[Ty Korrigan]

Belts ON!

Right, today a full day of grinding using 3 separate belts rather than the triple one.

Had a go yesterday at a job on a soft rotten stump but not enough to test for belt squeal etc.

I've put 420euros on this day's grinding whilst the new tractor and rotadairon is sowing it's first lawn next door at 2.75euros per m2 should be a profitable day for the team:thumbup1: