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(ET) E-15 drive belt adjustment tips and tension check
Gents
Thanks for all your feedback the last time I wrote about possibly changing
to synchronous drive belts and pulleys. If I had Bill Gates' money I would
have done it for fun. But being in the child rearing years while the wife
and I both work full time means I have to be more practical. So I just
followed the manual similar to what I did in the past but did a couple
things differently this time. First, I backed the ET up onto my auto
ramps. The clearance and the slope are both helpful in retensioning the
belts. I also used an air ratchet to tighten the nuts with one hand while
my other was maintaining tension with the pry bar. Lastly, I used a
Krickit belt tensiometer from Gates Co. to measure the results. I
mentioned previously that one belt is looser than the other. So the end
result was that the tension on the belts was 20 and 30 lbf, respectively.
For those on the list who have measured tension this way, how does that
compare with your results?
Regards
Andy Poush