Re: OT when did everyone switch from chains to belts and why

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Post #217,585

8/4/05 9:19:57 PM

Re: OT when did everyone switch from chains to belts and why

Let me know the history! when you find out how all the lemmings sorta adopted it at once.

Recently dropped-in on such a discussion .. and the consequences of a broken Kevlar belt.

Belt's quieter. It's quite cheaper, too with the drive pulleys and such figured in. I think both factors were loved by management and PR.
(Note that some motorcycles, even a big Hog or two - have used belts for rear drive)

Where it bites you in ass - is every 90K-100K miles OR.. [and some forget this to their peril] every 6-8 years, depending on how lucky you feel and how much thrashing you've done.

Pisses me off.. my Saab had fussless chain; self-tensioning, checked - never needed changing. Newer Plutocrat-5 has the idgit belt.. BUT - it had just been changed when I bought it - I won't have to change it, so WTF.

Note too re belts - by the time you Need one, you are apt to have had to do the same labor anyway - to change the fucking water pump, and maybe a couple cam, crank oil seals on general principles. So it isn't an easy call.

bloody infernal machines..

Post #217,587

by Another Scott

8/4/05 9:25:45 PM

I think he's asking about motorcycle drive belts. ;-)

See, e.g., [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=56189|#56189] and Drew's reply.

Cheers,
Scott.

5/8 inch square differential fill plug - (boxley) - (50) - July 24, 2005, 09:58:41 PM EDT

Most times that stuff doesn't need to be changed. - (Another Scott) - (31) - July 24, 2005, 10:55:17 PM EDT

I REFUSE!!! to pay to remove one bolt where I can reach it - (boxley) - (30) - July 24, 2005, 11:13:34 PM EDT

Update? -NT - (Another Scott) - (29) - Aug. 4, 2005, 11:12:04 AM EDT

PB blaster, crowfoot 5/8ths wrench and a breaker bar - (boxley) - (28) - Aug. 4, 2005, 12:51:04 PM EDT

Good. Just the thing for you, here. 36 kB .img - (Another Scott) - (27) - Aug. 4, 2005, 01:12:26 PM EDT

I like these better - (boxley) - (26) - Aug. 4, 2005, 01:29:09 PM EDT

Neat! Would be, um, challenging in the snow though. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2005, 01:34:06 PM EDT

hey I live in Atlanta, stay home both snow days -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 4, 2005, 01:56:08 PM EDT

Sparrows - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2005, 04:45:38 PM EDT

only one hr before a 6hr recharge? feh -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2005, 05:42:30 PM EDT

2-3 hrs at 220 V. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 4, 2005, 05:48:49 PM EDT

My cousin's got - (imric) - (20) - Aug. 4, 2005, 04:59:32 PM EDT

That site is nuts! "700 HP from Suzuki Hyabusa"! =) -NT - (Another Scott) - (16) - Aug. 4, 2005, 05:03:08 PM EDT

You made me look - (imric) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2005, 07:49:15 PM EDT

Yeah, but it's nuts! - (Another Scott) - Aug. 4, 2005, 08:20:15 PM EDT

Based on limited reading - (broomberg) - (13) - Aug. 4, 2005, 08:30:57 PM EDT

I have a friend with a 700hp pickup - (boxley) - Aug. 4, 2005, 09:04:39 PM EDT

A couple numbers for comparo - (Ashton) - (8) - Aug. 4, 2005, 09:07:42 PM EDT

Wadaymean "plebes", you effete SF Eurowimp . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Aug. 5, 2005, 01:51:37 AM EDT

Waal now, Mr. Cash n'carry on - - (Ashton) - (6) - Aug. 5, 2005, 06:30:12 AM EDT

Don't know nothin about Harleys . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Aug. 5, 2005, 09:05:01 AM EDT

Oooh - envy; that'd be when I had a mere 500 cc Matchless.. -NT - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 5, 2005, 05:44:16 PM EDT

well I might settle, afford one of these - (boxley) - (3) - Aug. 5, 2005, 06:01:56 PM EDT

Heh - a 00's *Whizzer* ! - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 5, 2005, 09:59:33 PM EDT

difference between a small motor and a bicycle - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2005, 12:10:10 AM EDT

Pssst. Dot! You gettin' this down? -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 6, 2005, 11:29:56 AM EDT

Short answer: He'll get to Heaven before you. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2005, 09:08:33 PM EDT

No way they can use it - (drewk) - Aug. 5, 2005, 12:38:30 AM EDT

the old 911 was a pedal car, might as well drive a vw bug -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 5, 2005, 08:32:27 AM EDT

OT when did everyone switch from chains to belts and why? -NT - (boxley) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2005, 09:05:14 PM EDT

Re: OT when did everyone switch from chains to belts and why - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2005, 09:19:57 PM EDT

I think he's asking about motorcycle drive belts. ;-) - (Another Scott) - Aug. 4, 2005, 09:25:45 PM EDT

Lightly... - (folkert) - July 24, 2005, 11:20:51 PM EDT

Penetrating oil, proper socket, and air impact wrench., - (Steve Lowe) - (2) - July 24, 2005, 11:49:17 PM EDT

Impacts are over-rated. :-/ #196868. -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 25, 2005, 12:03:19 AM EDT

But... the new ones... - (folkert) - July 25, 2005, 06:06:48 AM EDT

Back in my day, we used to weld a piece of pipe onto them. -NT - (CRConrad) - (13) - Aug. 5, 2005, 05:57:23 AM EDT

you didnt have wrenches? -NT - (boxley) - (12) - Aug. 5, 2005, 08:34:52 AM EDT

That was your problem, wasn't it? - (CRConrad) - (11) - Aug. 6, 2005, 06:20:27 PM EDT

and your reply to weld a rod to the bolt was? :-) -NT - (boxley) - (10) - Aug. 6, 2005, 06:50:04 PM EDT

Huh? WTF is that question supposed to mean??? - (CRConrad) - (9) - Aug. 6, 2005, 07:18:08 PM EDT

One could read it as 'weld a pipe onto the plug' if one ... - (Another Scott) - (8) - Aug. 6, 2005, 07:23:00 PM EDT

Uhh... Yes - that is how one *should* read it. - (CRConrad) - (7) - Aug. 6, 2005, 07:40:11 PM EDT

Um... - (Another Scott) - (6) - Aug. 6, 2005, 08:00:03 PM EDT

Gas tanks & welding . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2005, 08:33:05 PM EDT

Watched it done on aluminum diesel tanks - (folkert) - Aug. 7, 2005, 10:11:03 AM EDT

ICLRPD - (Steve Lowe) - Aug. 7, 2005, 01:10:54 AM EDT

Of course; through, not over; and of course again. - (CRConrad) - (2) - Aug. 7, 2005, 05:20:39 PM EDT

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2005, 05:38:38 PM EDT

Naah... You're welding facing *away from* the tank. -NT - (CRConrad) - Aug. 7, 2005, 05:49:17 PM EDT

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