Bent Peg wrote:
> Plastics on the floor 'cause I can't see no more....
>
> I'm really fed up with the squeaky Gates polybelt. Every summer the thing
> starts squeaking. Tried rubbing everything from crayons and chalk and
> rubber lube on the damn thing. Only thing that fixes it (kinda permanent)
> is replacement of the idiotic thing. Dealer made the fistful of dollars
> changing the thing three times now - every summer. I thought the belt was
> supposed to last 100,000 (yeah, sure!) miles. Seems I'm only getting
> 5000-7000 or so until the chirping and squeaking thing goes off. This is
> worse than the chain - aside from the grease. Dealer says too many washes
> may be flushing out the natural rubber lubricant in the belt (huh???).
> So what ya do with the damn belt squeaks -- aside from replacement? Back to
> chain?
>
> B. Peg
I've been playing with different products on belts and decided to try an
experiment
on mine. I set the tension a bit on the loose side, and scrubbed the belt with
soap and
water, stiff brush, cleaned everything off of it. It would only squeak on humid
mornings
for the first few miles (sound familiar, Gimpy?) I drew the belt tension up a
bit at a time
until it rarely happens, and I just leave it alone now. Alignment is perfect.
Maybe the solution is to verify alignment and tension, clean the crap off of it
and run it.
HogDr
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