During a hour long call today with Gates, I was discussing observations customers had measuring widths on belts and like me, we are all measuring the width of the top of the belt side to side at the top cogs.
That is not the way to measure it and the truth is, we can’t really measure it correctly
I was asking about the widths of the 1000 belt and the oem and variances on the widths.
He said, you can’t measure like that, you have to measure the width at the cord and we do it with a very complicated laser measuring device and we are right on the money
The width at the cogs plays no bearing and will soon be worn away to the same spec.
So if you get a couple belts that the top cog width varies a few thousandths then don’t be alarmed, run it.
While on measuring, you can’t measure the outside circumference either with a tape measure and be remotely accurate.
To properly measure a belt in length with what we have available, you must mark the belt, lay on a table, mark table in same spot, then roll the belt out, when the mark on the belt hits the table again, mark the table and measure between the marks on the table
Lastly, the last four digits of a gates part number is it’s length Example: 21C4140 is 41.40" long
During a hour long call today with Gates, I was discussing observations customers had measuring widths on belts and like me, we are all measuring the width of the top of the belt side to side at the top cogs.
That is not the way to measure it and the truth is, we can’t really measure it correctly
I was asking about the widths of the 1000 belt and the oem and variances on the widths.
He said, you can’t measure like that, you have to measure the width at the cord and we do it with a very complicated laser measuring device and we are right on the money
The width at the cogs plays no bearing and will soon be worn away to the same spec.
So if you get a couple belts that the top cog width varies a few thousandths then don’t be alarmed, run it.
While on measuring, you can’t measure the outside circumference either with a tape measure and be remotely accurate.
To properly measure a belt in length with what we have available, you must mark the belt, lay on a table, mark table in same spot, then roll the belt out, when the mark on the belt hits the table again, mark the table and measure between the marks on the table
Lastly, the last four digits of a gates part number is it’s length Example: 21C4140 is 41.40" long
