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Update for posterity: after a few experiments, I removed another link (bringing the total to 31) and now she purrs. Apparently YMMV when it comes to the number of links.

He mentions it here: https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=11321
And here: https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=6840

Rereading it, I also see that there's some breaking in up to 20 hours (!) of use. Makes me wonder about the value of a link belt vs. using more OEM belts and replacing ...

Model V 500. A.O. Smith motor.

Also note that the belt was installed in the correct orientation per the instructions.

I'll add that when I used the link belt and turned the machine up to 90% speed, I tripped a breaker. No issues with the OEM belt.

Hi everyone, thanks for the amazing resource. I just bought an old ShopSmith that I've restored and I'm stumped.

Following Bill Mayo's (R.I.P.) advice, I decided to replace the belt with a link belt. Got mine from Harbor Freight. 35 links made it way bigger than the OEM belt, so I settled on 32 ...