Finish mower belts

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coolbrze

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If one belt goes out, are you supposed to replace both belts or just the one? Just got off the phone w/ Befco and they told me I should replace both. What gives?
 
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If one belt goes out, are you supposed to replace both belts or just the one? Just got off the phone w/ Befco and they told me I should replace both. What gives?
 
   / Finish mower belts #3  
If the second belt looks cracked or frayed, it will keep you from the aggrivation of doing the job twice if you change both. If it looks good, I wouldn't change it though.
 
   / Finish mower belts #4  
If the second belt looks cracked or frayed, it will keep you from the aggrivation of doing the job twice if you change both. If it looks good, I wouldn't change it though.
 
   / Finish mower belts #5  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Just got off the phone w/ Befco and they told me I should replace both. )</font>

Multiple belt drives run "matched sets" so you must replace both to insure equal loading.
 
   / Finish mower belts #6  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Just got off the phone w/ Befco and they told me I should replace both. )</font>

Multiple belt drives run "matched sets" so you must replace both to insure equal loading.
 
   / Finish mower belts #7  
And it needs to be a "matched set", not just two belts with the same number. They are packaged as sets to make sure they are exactly alike, otherwise you risk premature bearing failure and other unpleasantly expensive results.
 
   / Finish mower belts #8  
And it needs to be a "matched set", not just two belts with the same number. They are packaged as sets to make sure they are exactly alike, otherwise you risk premature bearing failure and other unpleasantly expensive results.
 
   / Finish mower belts #9  
I ran into this dilemma once with a table saw.
Place I used to work had a big Powermatic table saw.
It had 3 belts on it as a matched set.
If one of the belts broke it was ok, we could still use the saw.
But when the second belt broke we had to replace all 3.
But we saved the 3 belt for later use.
I was told that the belts become stretched over time.
And they all 3 stretch approximately equally so they stay matched.
But for putting new belts on, we had to put 3 new belts on at the same time.
Except:
we saved the old unbroken belts, and when we got 3 of them,
we could put those 3 on the saw and get a little more life out of them.
It just took a few minutes to change belts on the saw.
And this was more cost effective than just trashing them.

You mite want to do the same for your finish mower.

Pooh Bear
 
   / Finish mower belts #10  
I ran into this dilemma once with a table saw.
Place I used to work had a big Powermatic table saw.
It had 3 belts on it as a matched set.
If one of the belts broke it was ok, we could still use the saw.
But when the second belt broke we had to replace all 3.
But we saved the 3 belt for later use.
I was told that the belts become stretched over time.
And they all 3 stretch approximately equally so they stay matched.
But for putting new belts on, we had to put 3 new belts on at the same time.
Except:
we saved the old unbroken belts, and when we got 3 of them,
we could put those 3 on the saw and get a little more life out of them.
It just took a few minutes to change belts on the saw.
And this was more cost effective than just trashing them.

You mite want to do the same for your finish mower.

Pooh Bear
 

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