blu00rdstr

Something ate my belt. I'm wondering if it's the Reichard pulley. I normally use Drive-rite belts, this one is a Dayco Poly-cog.

Anyone else experience something tearing up the belt?

BIGBOS

Looks like the classic RR beating

blu00rdstr

Classic? You mean it's common?

NoGo

iTrader: (2)

Mine never did that?

That looks like a misalignment issue with the RR pulley.

BIGBOS

Do you have one of the A&A kits?

If so I doubt its misaligned

blu00rdstr

Yup, just installed A&A bracket. Suddenly I have belt grip on the crank. This does not create a problem with my drilled 3.5" pulley (doesn't have 'teeth' like the Reichard), but the 3" Reichard eats the belt up. Didn't have this problem with the MMS bracket since the crank pulley slipped.

Just wondered if this was common on the Reichard design with a thin belt and good bracket setup.

BIGBOS

Well I had a few RR pulleys on my old setup, they didn't help at all.....

kp

iTrader: (34)

Ran a 3" RR pulley on my car and it still had the original belt after 6 months and it looked (and still looks) fine. You most likely have an alignment issue. Riechard pulleys have no tolerence for being out of alignment, make sure all the right spacers are in the right places on the bracket.

You can also turn the riechard pulley around, if you look at the 'vanes' they are directional. It may chew the belt up less if they are pointing the other way, worth a try..

stealth

yes, and we gave up on the 8 rib setup last year. It's Ok for the street, but not dependable enough for competitive racing.

BIGBOS

I would give the SD stuff a try, thats reliable for sure, there were a handful of us who tried to use the COGS, but all failed basically

383838

iTrader: (1)

Looks like an alignment issue...