How much of the pulley nose is covered by the clamp area of the pulley outside
half? mine extends out about 3/32" so that full use of the clamping area is
used. you might also want to pull it all apart and check the actual condition
of the threads on the pulley threaded nose and the inside threads of the outside
pulley half. Make sure that these threads are in good condition and that they
are not worn, stripped or rounded over. They need to be nice and sharp. Also,
leave the belt off, and thread the outside pulley half onto the nose and check
for excessive play. If it isn't a great fit, then you have too much play, and
may not be unthreading like you think, but actualoly jumping the threads.
Put it all back together and use paint or a grease pencil, etc. and mark both
pulley pieces to see if it is actually unscrewing or coming straight off.
Jon
> My pulleys are threaded on one side. You don't use nuts with this style. I
> greased
> the threads to help the cinching process. Still no good. I did the pulley
> spinning,
> as you suggested. No good. Still just loosens up on me. The manual is no help.
> Jim
>
> uniquemachine wrote:
>
> > When you tighten up the pulley, and you think it is tight, is it really, or
> is
> > it just pinched? Try tightening up the pulley front half, then spin the
> motor a
> > couple of revolutions to allow the belt to reposition itself on the pulley,
> > because when you tighten it, the diameter actually increases. So keep doing
> > this process until the belt is not pinched, but is truely running on the
> > diameter of the pulley, and is at the right tension, then install the pinch
> > bolts. Make sure that you use fine thread( they hold much better) high
> quality
> > Grade 8 bolts and good washers and nuts. This should do it.
> >
> > Jon
> > Unique Machine & Engineering
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