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Blue Diamond Belt Problem Wizard - V Belts Turn Over or Come Off
The table below lists the possible causes for premature belt failures. To return to the wizard main menu please click here.
| Symptoms |
Probable Cause |
Solution |
| Involves single or multiple belts |
- Shock loading or vibration
- Foreign material in grooves
- Misaligned pulleys
- Worn pulley grooves
- Damaged tensile member
- Incorrectly placed flat idler pulley
- Mismatched belt set
- Poor drive design
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- Check drive design. Use Gates PowerBand belts
- Shield grooves and drive
- Realign pulley
- Use correct installation
- Use correct installation and belt storage procedure
- Carefully place flat idler on slack side of drive as close as possible to driver pulleys
- Replace with new set of matched belts. Do not mix old and new belts
- Check for centre distance stability and vibration dampening
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