Replacement belt
- Thread starter Brigadier
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If you Google bearing factors they often stock belts too.
Odd ball stuff I get from a brilliant firm called Eriks, Gateshead Team Valley.
John
I worked for them for 10 years but not your branch. I was an armature winder in their Liverpool branch before moving to Suffolk. Transferred to East Anglia area and was seconded to a company in Newmarket as on site maintenance engineer. Some very knowledgeable guys work for them behind the scenes who know their stuff.
Unlike the standard vee belt, which is forgiving to some degree, the multivee belt needs spot on alignment of the pulleys.
The first part of it to give up are the cords at the sides.....once one snaps the belt is on borrowed time.
Hope yours is the right one once it gets delivered!
John
In the absence of laser alignment equipment a suitable steel straight edge of correct length will suffice. (And a good eye to spot any slight gap where it rests against each pulley
)Before becoming Eriks, the firm of note round here was JH Fenner (power transmissions) and you just couldn’t find a more obliging bunch of guys......happily this remains to this day.
John
Looks like this thread will run and run...................................unlike the tread mill.
Andy
Andy
Before becoming Eriks, the firm of note round here was JH Fenner (power transmissions) and you just couldn’t find a more obliging bunch of guys......happily this remains to this day.
John
ERIKS became their parent company a number of years ago I believe. I know when I was seconded to Heinz for a couple of years I was asked to promote Fenner gearboxes with Weg motors. The combinations you could achieve with adaptors etc was fascinating. But unfortunately the drawback was it tended to make the units larger which often wouldn't fit into an enclosed space inside the machines. I don't think you can get much better quality or range than Fenner to be honest.
Certainly this firm came to my rescue when I discovered their pulley / cog systems......you chose the shaft diameter, then the pulley diameter and the two mated together and locked with allen grub screws. I can't recall the name though.
Sheer brilliance.
John
Sheer brilliance.
John
That’s the one!
Some memory you’ve got there
John
Some memory you’ve got there
John
LOL. I've used so many of them over the years. The last time would have been about 2 years ago when I was still in engineering maintenance.
Certainly beat the standard keyed pulley which you often had to heat up to remove or replace.
Certainly beat the standard keyed pulley which you often had to heat up to remove or replace.
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durhamplumber
Crikey yes..brings back memories of chasing around after belts on Team Valley.If they did not have it no one did.
I remember JH Fenner being based in Felling before they moved to the Valley......
Just 'doon the road' from Parsons Nuclear Division and Clarke Chapmans. Chapmans were actively producing gear for CEGB coal plants at the time, the men of which earned them the affectionate and certainly not racist nickname of 'Clarkies Darkies'.
John
Just 'doon the road' from Parsons Nuclear Division and Clarke Chapmans. Chapmans were actively producing gear for CEGB coal plants at the time, the men of which earned them the affectionate and certainly not racist nickname of 'Clarkies Darkies'.
John
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durhamplumber
Lol...remember being shown around Parsons as a student..Couldnt believe the size of the lathes,the generators and the concrete test chamberI remember JH Fenner being based in Felling before they moved to the Valley......
Just 'doon the road' from Parsons Nuclear Division and Clarke Chapmans. Chapmans were actively producing gear for CEGB coal plants at the time, the men of which earned them the affectionate and certainly not racist nickname of 'Clarkies Darkies'.
John