Re: [ST] Getting the shaft (why not belt?)

[Darren <rs955i@xxxxxxx>]

I believe there wasn't enough room to make the front pulley large enough, so
the belt was making too sharp of a turn and that was why the belt was
breaking.

Darren
01 RS Lucifer Orange
Edmonton Canada
- ----- Original Message -----
From: <peter.chittum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: [ST] Getting the shaft (why not belt?)


> I have heard (don't remember who, where, or when) that in some
applications
> belts are prone to breakage.
>
> I had also heard of the aborted Sprint-ST-gone-belt-drive experiment, and
> seem to remember it having something to do with breakage.
>
>
> > for some strange
> > reason I kept breaking the H-D belt.
>
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