Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:45 pm
It be a good idea to check the top width of the motor belt occasionally. It starts out slightly wider than a half inch. As it wears, it gets narrower and narrower. When extremely worn, it can slip down too far between the sheaves and 'get stuck/jammed'. This is more likely to happen at high rpm
(idler pulley), but can also happen at very slow speeds(motor pulley). Rubber rubbing on metal indicates a slipping belt on pulley.
It takes a long time or a lot of slipping to wear it down to that point(all else being 'normal').
Motor humming indicates a stalled drive train, or start circuit problems if the drive train is ok.
Glad it be 'fixed'!!!
(idler pulley), but can also happen at very slow speeds(motor pulley). Rubber rubbing on metal indicates a slipping belt on pulley.
It takes a long time or a lot of slipping to wear it down to that point(all else being 'normal').
Motor humming indicates a stalled drive train, or start circuit problems if the drive train is ok.
Glad it be 'fixed'!!!