Rollers - belt hits floor
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Rollers - belt hits floor
Is it normal for the belt that connects the front drum to the middle drum to start wacking the floor when you gain some speed?
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No problems with my rollers. Worked great for over a 500 miles so far.
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If your talking about a carpeted floor that does happen. If your talking about a hard floor look to see if you have adjustments on your roller's 6 small feet that contact the floor.
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I've had rollers on a carpeted floor for over a dozen years and the belt has never hit. Is this a new set of rollers/belt? If not, did it always hit? Sounds to me as though the belt's stretched.
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Or the front roller is to far back.
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with my old bike I never had this, but when I got my new it had a shorter wheel base (by one notch on the roller frame) and now I do get a lot more movement from the belt
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Check to see if the belt is twisted. If you have rolled it into place on the pulleys, it may have a twist in it, which won't roll out on its own, and can set up a vibration. I had a similar issue until I carefully untwisted the belt.
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Sounds like the belt it too loose.