You might want to check over on the Nova users group:

http://groups.msn.com/NovaOwners

Stuart

In article , "George" george@least wrote:
Still waiting and drooling until March for mine, but the complaints about
motor shafts keep gnawing on me. I notice from the manual that the cam
tensioner is nearest the motor, while the most-used pulleys - for me anyway,
are at the other end. Anyone reverse the pulley cones? Seems it might be
easier on the motor shaft than giving all that leverage, and the 1 1/4"
shaft can certainly take a greater load than a 5/8".

So - anyone do it? Are the pulleys even configured such that they can be
reversed? Seems ambiguous from the parts diagram.