used power pro

[charlese]

Seems to me that if the idler shaft moves forward or back when doing the final belt adjustment, the belt (s) are not located in the proper grooves. This happens most often in the upper pulley.

Tension should be tight with little deflection. Tension should also be about equal. The upper belt seems to be a bit tighter because of the shorter distance it serves. Adjustment is kind of a game, it took me a while before I got it right.

Did you ever assess if the shaft hole in the motor pulley was a bit off center? If it is, Shopsmith will replace it at no cost.

[reible]

The adjustments are a lot to do with how it sounds, or at least that is what I have found. Yes they do need to be reasonably tight but the balance thing is best done listening for quite. If you have the book read that section a few times to make sure you know what you are doing.

It is also interesting the my oldest powerpro has retaining that setting really well with only one adjustment afterwards(so far) while the other one has already been adjusted twice since being set up(so far) with me owning it a shorter time.

Ed