Justin Pfenning
11-08-2022, 10:20 PM
The feed belt on my Performax 16-32 broke last week. It split at the seam with no warning. I ordered a replacement belt from Maverick abrasives.
https://www.maverickabrasives.com/products/drum-sander-replacement-conveyor-feed-belt?variant=42295746560240
I checked to make sure the powered roll was flush with the table top, and the gap between the powered roll and the table edge was equal side to side. Everything looked good.
I removed the 2 outer bolts that’s hold the feed table down, then I loosened up the tension screws and slipped the new belt into place. I made sure the belt got on top of the plastic belt guides on the bottom side of the table, then slowly worked the tension screws out, till the belt would not slip under hand pressure.
At this point I checked the tension rollers to make sure they were flush with the table top, and tightened up the bolts on the brackets that slide for tensioning.
I put the feed on max speed, and it slowly worked it’s way to the drive motor side. I assumed I had messed up the feed adjustment, so I loosened everything up and tried again. Same result, walking toward the drive motor side. I reset the tension again, this time making the drive motor side obviously tighter than the idle side. Same result, walking toward the drive motor side. I loosened everything up and tried it one more time before giving up for the night.
At this point I figured I had to flip the belt. So tonight I went back after it, first removing the belt, flipping it, and reinstalling it. I worked the tension up being careful to stay as even as possible side to side, and got the same result, waking toward the drive motor side.
I pulled the belt off again, and measure it side to side to see how different it was side to side. I wrapped a piece of tape around one end marking the seam, then when to the other end with the same piece of tape. It looked very close. It might have been off the width of as pencil mark, but almost no difference.
I put the belt back on, reset the tension being even more careful than before, and the same result. Walking toward the motor. I started to lose my cool, and decided to tighten the drive motor side till the belt was forced the opposite direction. I had so much tension on the drive side it was bending the bracket, and it was still walking toward the drive side. At this point the idle side of the belt was very loose.
Again, I threw in the towel for the night. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong, or how to get this belt to track. I’m hoping someone here can help, I’m desperate.
https://www.maverickabrasives.com/products/drum-sander-replacement-conveyor-feed-belt?variant=42295746560240
I checked to make sure the powered roll was flush with the table top, and the gap between the powered roll and the table edge was equal side to side. Everything looked good.
I removed the 2 outer bolts that’s hold the feed table down, then I loosened up the tension screws and slipped the new belt into place. I made sure the belt got on top of the plastic belt guides on the bottom side of the table, then slowly worked the tension screws out, till the belt would not slip under hand pressure.
At this point I checked the tension rollers to make sure they were flush with the table top, and tightened up the bolts on the brackets that slide for tensioning.
I put the feed on max speed, and it slowly worked it’s way to the drive motor side. I assumed I had messed up the feed adjustment, so I loosened everything up and tried again. Same result, walking toward the drive motor side. I reset the tension again, this time making the drive motor side obviously tighter than the idle side. Same result, walking toward the drive motor side. I loosened everything up and tried it one more time before giving up for the night.
At this point I figured I had to flip the belt. So tonight I went back after it, first removing the belt, flipping it, and reinstalling it. I worked the tension up being careful to stay as even as possible side to side, and got the same result, waking toward the drive motor side.
I pulled the belt off again, and measure it side to side to see how different it was side to side. I wrapped a piece of tape around one end marking the seam, then when to the other end with the same piece of tape. It looked very close. It might have been off the width of as pencil mark, but almost no difference.
I put the belt back on, reset the tension being even more careful than before, and the same result. Walking toward the motor. I started to lose my cool, and decided to tighten the drive motor side till the belt was forced the opposite direction. I had so much tension on the drive side it was bending the bracket, and it was still walking toward the drive side. At this point the idle side of the belt was very loose.
Again, I threw in the towel for the night. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong, or how to get this belt to track. I’m hoping someone here can help, I’m desperate.