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INSTALLATION GUIDE
Torque Team ® V-Belt
CHECK ALIGNMENT
Proper alignment is essential for long Torque Team®
V-belt life. Check belt alignment whenever you maintain or
replace belts or whenever you remove or install sheaves. Limit
misalignment to 1/2 degree or approximately 1/10" per foot
of center distance.
The illustration above shows the correct way to check
alignment between two sheaves with a straight edge. Check
both front and back alignment. Straight edge should touch
sheaves at the four points indicated.
Non-parallel shafts or sheavesnot alignedaxially cancause
angular misalignment.
Laser Alignment Tool
With our Laser Alignment Tool, you can quickly align drive
components to improve effciency and reduce costly
maintenance. Much easier to use than a straight edge, it
attaches in seconds and when the highly visible sight line lies
within the target openings, the pulley/sprockets are aligned.
9 IDENTIFY CORRECT BELT
Always select belts to match sheave grooves. Use a sheave groove
gauge to determine the proper belt cross section (Fig. A). Make
sure that the space between the grooves in the sheaves matches
the spacing between belt ribs. Do not use Torque Team® belts in
deep groove sheaves; such sheaves could cut through the backing
that holds the ribs together.
Use a belt gauge to verify the old belt cross section when belt
identifcation is no longer legible (Fig. B).
(Fig. A). (Fig. B).
MATCHING BELTS
Banded Torque Team® V-belts eliminate belt whip and turnover
problems experienced with multiple V-belt sets under certain drive
conditions. The individual ribs in the Torque Team® Belts are
produced at the same time and bonded together. Thus, ordering
matched sets of individual V- belts is unnecessary.
Using more than one set of Torque Team® belts on the same drive
is possible. For example, 2/5V1250 and 3/5V1250 Torque Team®
belts will transmit the same power as fve individual 5V1250
V-belts. The 2/5V1250 identifcation describes a Torque Team® belt
with two 5V1250 individual V-belts joined together.
DO NOT mix belt brands.
DO NOT use sets from different manufacturers together as they
may have different performance characteristics.
DO NOT use new and used Torque Team® belts in combined sets.
DO NOT use Torque Team Plus® belts in combined sets unless they
are matched by the factory.
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