[AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing

[Larry Goss]

Google or Yahoo for Belt Dressing Stick and you'll probably get several pages of sources.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 13:24
Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> I find the flat belts are very subject to slipping and the 
> slightest 
> mis-alignment of pulleys. The other day I hitched the Cockshutt 
> 50 up to the 
> hammer mill with the long (30 feet) flat belt and got it right 
> first time. 
> It ran for the entire 150 bushels of oats with no problems of 
> slippage or 
> running off the end of the pulley. More good luck than good 
> judgement I'd 
> say. Some times I can try numerous attempts to correct the 
> alignemnt by 
> moving the tractor fractionally one way or the other with no 
> success. .
> I did not know Princess Auto store was not available to you but 
> if memory 
> serves me this belt dressing might have been a Wynns product. 
> I'll try and 
> remember to check next time I am near it.
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gunnells, Bradley R" <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
> 
> 
> > Thanks Mike. I guess I should have mentioned it's a flat belt. 
> When 
> > cutting the blade slows considerably and that is when it tries 
> to walk off 
> > the pulley. If I could get it to not slip then I can fiddle 
> with the 
> > alignment.
> >
> > Thanks everyone
> > Brad
> > On Aug 18, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
> >
> >> Bread - It has been my experience that a belt coming off the 
> pulley is
> >> usually the result of conditions not related to the need for "belt
> >> dressing".
> >>
> >> One cause is an old belt that has softened or been damaged 
> and no longer
> >> maintains its profile. Another problem is a decent belt but 
> one with the
> >> wrong "V" profile, causing it to ride incorrectly in the 
> sheaves. While
> >> most older machinery used "A" or "B" profile belts, some folks
> >> substitute "fractional horsepower" belts that look similar 
> but have
> >> different profiles and work poorly, if at all.
> >>
> >> If it is a flat belt, then I would check to make sure that 
> the pulleys
> >> are in precise alignment - even being slightly off could 
> result in the
> >> belt coming off under load. (Ralph - Princess Auto closed all 
> their US
> >> operations several years ago, and I miss them.)
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> On 8/18/2010 11:24 AM, Ralph Goff wrote:
> >>> Brad I don't know if you can still get the solid stick type 
> belt 
> >>> dressing as
> >>> its been years since I got one. The latest I use is in a 
> spray can and 
> >>> it
> >>> seems to work well too. Not sure if the last can was from 
> Princess auto 
> >>> or
> >>> Peavey Mart but it should be available where you are.
> >>>
> >>> Ralph in Sask.
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Gunnells, Bradley R"<brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
> >>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion 
> >>> group"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:30 AM
> >>> Subject: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Seeing this video and Ralph cutting wood with a buzz saw 
> reminded me of 
> >>>> a
> >>>> question I was going to ask the list.
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anyone know a source for belt dressing? A brand name 
> or place 
> >>>> (such
> >>>> as TSC) where one might find it? I got the old buzz saw out 
> a while 
> >>>> back
> >>>> and was cutting some small stuff and the belt was slipping 
> and sliding 
> >>>> off
> >>>> the pulley. Once it recovered the belt would return to the 
> proper 
> >>>> place. I
> >>>> assumed some dressing on the belt would help with the power 
> loss and 
> >>>> it's
> >>>> tendency to slip off.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Brad
> >>>
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