gates offer a belt tensioning meter to allow proper tightening of all belts your simply input pulley sizes lenghts and number of belts and it will tell you how tight your belts our by simply flicking a belt with one fingure. the bearings go out on these motors do to overtightening the belts. people often tighten them as tight as possible and this is a big mistake. if you change mamy belts on spindles i would goto gates rubber company website and check into a belt tentioning meter. yes the repair was cheap but down time could have been prevented. bad part it sounds like a factory error which would be consistent with what i know about a hass. buy tear it apart and reassemble yourself and you will have a better machine. glad to hear you found a hass service man with a brain. do not call the kansas city office. |