CAMCOMPCO wrote:

Hi gents,

The subject says it all....leather belt, used the alligator belt
lacing, but the belt comes off often when I first engage the power.
Once it gets going, most of the time, it stays put, just about 25% of
the time on initial power up the belt falls off. Is this because it is
a bit hard (kind of like a baseball mitt when you first start using
it.....

It's more likely the result of misaligned sheaves, or some sort of defect in the
belt (a twist or something).

GWE