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Originally Posted by Fabs
Right,
I've been using the new belts and pulleys for 3 races and I've seen nothing. I don't have the offset tensioners so I haven't put any. I tighten my belts so they're not overly tight, but not loose. I run a 4,5T brushless, and ran it yesterday at the Petit RC race on carpet, with a lot of grip.
My belts and pulleys are absolutely fine, which tells me you must be doing something wrong.
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Thanks for the encouragement!
How tight is your slipper? I have mine on pretty much full lock to get traction (we run slick Losi Pink Tapers on our high grip dirt surface).... I may need to loosen it to ease the belt wear. Again, the front tension is what the sheets tell you with the new pulley and belts. The rear tension is one notch tighter than the sheets and that seems to have the most belt life for me.
Anyway, we had a 4 qual, 1 main race this weekend and I replaced both belts before the 5 races.... front belt, looks new... rear belt does show some wear but could last maybe 3-4 more 5-minute races.
My only other alternative is to go back to the 16T center pulley and 36T rear pulley for the rear belt drivetrain. I raced alot of races with the original belts and pulleys until they finally failed from belt wear.
P.S. Ryan Cavalieri, Chad Due, Ronnie Gardner, Joe Pillars, Josh Stough and Frank Root were our top 6 in 4WD A Main at our race this weekend! Just awesome to watch these 4WDers race!