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Need help with adjusting belt tension & alignment please? Any step-by-step guides?

1050n = 236 lbf.
15n = about 4 lbf. But in reality, it is not necessary to be within 4 lbf of the 236n. You can easily get away with 20 lbf. in both directions. It's more a matter of where your vibration is the least.

The Krikit II is a great tool to check your belt tension.
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Has anyone used the Gates Belt App for your phone? It is supposed to read the tone of your drive belt when you tap it. Sounds like a no brainer to me compared to the Krikit. I cannot find the correct frequency to look for. The device BRP lists gives you a N reading, but that option is not available on the Gates App as it only shows frequency.

A Google search pointed me right back here to a SpyderLovers post from 2021 with all the info I asked for, guess I should have used the search function once again.
 
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jzeiler said:
Has anyone used the Gates Belt App for your phone? It is supposed to read the tone of your drive belt when you tap it. Sounds like a no brainer to me compared to the Krikit. I cannot find the correct frequency to look for. The device BRP lists gives you a N reading, but that option is not available on the Gates App, as it only shows frequency.

A Google search pointed me right back here to a SpyderLovers post from 2021 with all the info I asked for, guess I should have used the search function once again.
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The frequency can be calculated based on the free distance between sprockets and the belt specs.
I think I saw a spreadsheet that would make the calculations for you. Try Google.
 
BajaRon said:
1050n = 236 lbf.
15n = about 4 lbf. But in reality, it is not necessary to be within 4 lbf of the 236n. You can easily get away with 20 lbf. in both directions. It's more a matter of where your vibration is the least.

The Krikit II is a great tool to check your belt tension.
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Ron, the last time I had my gauge out, that rubber band thing that's supposed to go over your finger I guess, is breaking down, it must have got something on it that it didn't like! If it breaks, is the gauge still OK to use that way? I am thinking it is, but wanted to throw it out here to check!
 
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