On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:00:13 -0500, "John Gbur" wrote:

I'm sort of confused on why a link belt wouldn't fit the pulleys?

Reeves drives have 2 pulleys, and as far as I know, both are variable size, to
make the speed change..

I know that they sold me 3/8" link for my Jet 1442 and it was thinner than the
Jet belt, but it still fit... Just changed the speed a bit until I got the 1/2"
link belt..

I think all reeves drives are going to be a bit warm.. I think that you have
more contact area between the belt and pulleys than a standard setup would have,
right?


I have a couple of reeves drives questions.

I am restoring a used lathe that has a Reeves Drive. I replace the belts
that were worn and cracked in several places with belts that crossed from
Gates. I wanted to go with link belt but the biggest link belt was too
narrow to fit the pulley on the motor. The belts were very tight I could
tell they were too tight initially so I put some spacers under the motor.
That definitely helped. I alligned everything the best I could but there is
still some vibration.

I wanted to ask if the pulleys normally get warm/hot when spinning? I went
over the pulleys and the shaft and cleaned everything up so there isn't an
issue with friction there. It just seems like the pullyes are getting
warmer than they should be.

When I go to replace the belt I will probably replace it with link belt and
find a pulley that will fit the Link Belt for the motor. Where is a good
source for pulleys. I looked at MSC but am not sure they had one that would
work.

Thanks.



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