Just to update how the belt is working, after playing around with the tension, we've gotten to the point where it is basically quiet, with occassionally a little noise, and we can't make it skip.
Now, my question is whether when it was skipping it damaged the belt. Gate's literature says that skipping can break the carbon fibers, so I'm pretty sure I know what they're going to say when I talk to them.
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