General Category => Engine & Transmission => Topic started by: illMATTic on April 22, 2013, 08:29:26 AM
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It looks like the previous owner mocked my bike up without a tensioner. The belt would be tightened without he rear wheel.
Am I going to want to use a larger belt and add a tensioner?
I am running a Comet CVT to a whizzer sheave.
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A photo would help, but you've got to have a way to take up the slack created if you're running from a variable pulley to a fixed one. If the belt isn't big enough to make the transition from one extreme to the other, you're not getting all the available drive ratio possible.
Mike Sal
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If this belt is just between 2 fixed pulleys, you do not need a tensioner. Adjust by moving the wheel back or forward.
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Yes it is between two fixed pulleys.
This is all I have currenlty. Keep in mind I am in the super early mock up stages.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/boombip/20130421_202845_zps1a3941bb.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/boombip/media/20130421_202845_zps1a3941bb.jpg.html)
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I see no need for a tensioner, except with one you may never have to adjust the belt!
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I can see the problem from here.....the garage floor is way too clean & uncluttered....how do you get anything done?????
Mike Sal
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illmattic, how about a few more pictures of your drive system. I have a honda GC160 to mount in my frame but have not decided what to use for my drive train yet. Bill Marcum 8)
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Bill, I will get a few going this week. Everything seems to fit so far.