Need a Recommendation
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Topic: Need a Recommendation
Posted By: BenGiBoy
Subject: Need a Recommendation
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2017 at 1:49pm
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What do you guys use for V-belts? I need a new one for my B... My experience with the TSC ones didn't impress me much, they seemed to die FAST, really fast. So I am wondering what you guys use? Thanks, Ben ------------- '39 Model B Tractors are cheaper than girls, remember that! |
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Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2017 at 4:40pm
| I've always got mine from Napa and never had a bad one. They seem to last a long time. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2017 at 4:57pm
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I get them at O'reilly. It's about the only place around that has somebody that knows how to measure belts ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2017 at 5:40pm
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Is everything properly lined up ? even a 1/16 out of whack will force a good belt to wear out real fast. pulleys running 'true'? no weeble-wobble allowed !! kevlar reinforced belts are much better than 'dime store' V belts... jay ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2017 at 6:16pm
| If I know the measurement, I use Surpluscenter.com. A $40(dealer) B-88 like my Dixie Chopper uses is $10 at SC.com. No matter what belt I put on it, dealer, or cheap, it eats up about 4 a season, sometimes less... SC.com also knows how to ship, I buy belts, when I order something else, they use the belts, as packing, in the same box... |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2017 at 10:50pm
| Napa, been getting them there since 1973. |
Posted By: BenGiBoy
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2017 at 9:06am
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Looks like I will try a NAPA belt..... Thanks guys! @ jaybmiller - There isn't any very noticeable wobble, but good point... I will look at it very closely and see what I find out.  ------------- '39 Model B Tractors are cheaper than girls, remember that! |
Posted By: BenGiBoy
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2017 at 9:07am
Well..... that might work, except that there aren't any O'Reilly stores 'round here! Thanks though!!! ------------- '39 Model B Tractors are cheaper than girls, remember that! |
thendrix wrote:Posted By: davh
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2017 at 9:09am
| I have used both NAPA and belts from O'Reilly's. Prefer the NAPA also. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2017 at 9:56am
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I use Gates. I've had a Gates green stripe on my B for at least 10 years now. Napa's belts are made by Gates, so you shouldn't have any problems unless you have a pulley misaligned or another issue going on.. HTH
------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2017 at 11:21am
| I get my belts from the JD dealer they stock mostly gates belts except for the JD belts for the garden tractors. For my simplicity I go to the simplicity dealer. There belts are based on 1/2" measurements so a standard 1" sized belt won't work for long. |