spraying a belt with water for troubleshooting noise
spraying a belt with water for troubleshooting noise
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I saw the following tidbit in Gate's belt PM manual:
"When a belt drive is excessively noisy, the belt is often incorrectly blamed. It is easy to eliminate the belt as the problem by spraying it with soapy water while it is running. If the noise goes away, or decreases, then the belt is part of the problem. If you still hear the same noise, the problem is likely due to other drive components."
I'm at a loss to understand what that's all about. What is the physical effect of spraying water... does it improve the traction between the belt and the groove?
"When a belt drive is excessively noisy, the belt is often incorrectly blamed. It is easy to eliminate the belt as the problem by spraying it with soapy water while it is running. If the noise goes away, or decreases, then the belt is part of the problem. If you still hear the same noise, the problem is likely due to other drive components."
I'm at a loss to understand what that's all about. What is the physical effect of spraying water... does it improve the traction between the belt and the groove?
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RE: spraying a belt with water for troubleshooting noise
If the noise was coming from something else, e.g. a bearing, it will still be present when the belt slips.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: spraying a belt with water for troubleshooting noise
RE: spraying a belt with water for troubleshooting noise
My initial reaction would have been that making the belt slip more would produce more noise.
But I guess it is a smoother slip instead of the stick/slip metioned and that's the difference.
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RE: spraying a belt with water for troubleshooting noise
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