Never replace a belt again?

[tibork]

Just came across this on YouTube, looks like saves times and money replacing belts on bikes - and your cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRXkt6Dgi4k

 

[pauls1150]

Nice, IFF it works...
Cars' belts are longer, so they distribute stresses over a wider area.
Cars' belts wider than bikes' belts, at least what I've seen.
Car belts are exposed to lots of flowing air for cooling - ours are "mostly" enclosed, but do get some airflow.
Car belts have a free-rolling idler wheel to maintain tension, we just have a shoe.
Anybody want to put a team together for a Guinea pig test?

 

[kinterridge]

Most newer automotive belts are now EPDM which do not crack to show their age. You must use a belt gauge to know when they are worn out. Dayton and Gates used to give the gauges away.

 

[tibork]

I'm curious about this too, just sounds too easy of a solution but the comments below the video seem to verify the claim. A couple of people there also state that they are also using this on their windshield wipers and extended the lives of them multiple times. I am considering trying this myself.

 

[Omega Man]

I have been using 303 Aerospace Protectant for years on the rubber seals on vehicle doors and the like.
I’ve never considered using it on a belt. It leaves a very “slick” or smooth result.


OM

 

[cajunrider]

I'm curious about this too, just sounds too easy of a solution but the comments below the video seem to verify the claim. A couple of people there also state that they are also using this on their windshield wipers and extended the lives of them multiple times. I am considering trying this myself.

Wipers tend to only last about a year on average... So, testing this on wipers would, at least, give faster results than on a belt.
It would still be a couple years worth of test... but better than a couple decades.

 

[pauls1150]

Omega Man nails it - if our alternator belt slips, the battery doesn't charge, ABS might not work, the bike won't start...

 

[BC1100S]

Except for one comment 3 weeks ago (at my viewing date) every other comment was 4 and 5 years old.

 

[Omega Man]

Except for one comment 3 weeks ago (at my viewing date) every other comment was 4 and 5 years old.

Comments may have slid through time.

OM

 

[saddleman]

Wipers tend to only last about a year on average... So, testing this on wipers would, at least, give faster results than on a belt.
It would still be a couple years worth of test... but better than a couple decades.

I'm not sure it would last on wiper blades. When I used it on my boats vinyl & rubber I had to reapply it every time I washed it.

 

[cajunrider]

Well, that doesn't sound promising... I'm not gonna go 300k miles without at least a couple washes.

 

[tibork]

Omega Man nails it - if our alternator belt slips, the battery doesn't charge, ABS might not work, the bike won't start...

That must depend on the year, my ABS currently not working for a couple of months now, I am getting both lights flashing, my bike starts/runs fine (1994). I didn't know some bikes won't run with bad ABS unit. Must be something that was implemented in later models? I would just put a $6.50 bypass toggle switch on it.

 

[easy]

If it sounds to good to be true, it...

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