Toro 09167SL manual Inspecting drive belts and pulleys, Drive belt failures

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Inspecting drive belts and pulleys

Oil or grease contamination

Debris in pulleys

Damaged or rusted pulleys

Proper installation and tensioning

Drive belt failures

Periodically inspect drive belts and pulleys. A good time to do this is after cleaning the machine.

Oil or grease contamination

Debris in pulleys

Damaged or rusted pulleys

Proper installation and tensioning

The most common causes of belt failures:

Alignment

Contamination

Loading

Installation Issues

Alignment refers to the alignment of one pulley in relationship to the other. If this alignment is not correct the belt may show excessive wear to one of both sides of the belt. Some of the cords in the belt may be broken or the belt may actually flip over.

Drive belt failures

Contamination refers to some other substance coming in contact with the belt. This may be oil, grease or other some other foreign object.

Loading refers to excessive loads or shock loading the drive system.

The last one is installation issues. The belt is actually damaged during installation.

By inspecting the failed belt the user can get a good idea as to the cause of the belt failure and can correct it when the new belt is installed.

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09167SL specifications

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