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ultrahesh

ultrahesh

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i recently ordered and received an order of 2x72 belts for my gizzly grinder. the belts however are smaller than the belt that came with the machine. i had to take one of the screws out of the arm in order to lower it sufficiently to accept the belts. is this normal? does anyone else with a grizzly run theirs this way? did i purchase the wrong belts (they are 2x72)? i did buy a 10" wheel, but the belt that came with fit fine. please help. i'm a little concerned about running my machine without knowing that this is ok.
 
The belt that came with the grinder is probably the culprit. I ordered some Grizzly belts early on before I knew what a GOOD belt was, and I had some within the same box of different lengths. Poor quality control. If the belts you ordered are from a decent manufacturer (Klingspor, 3M, etc) they're likely the correct size.

Oh, and as long as you're able to get decent tension on the belt, it won't matter if they're a bit different in length.

--nathan
 
The belts that came with my Grizz were around 2x76 I think when I measured them out. Just adjust the height on your Grizz and you'll be golden.
 
my concern really is with the screw i had to remove in order to get the belts to fit. i have klingspor and 3m belts and they are all the same size. it's one of the hand knobs that holds the height of the arm, along with the collar that clamps to the upper arm and seets on the lower arm. i was able to achieve the correct height to accept the belts, just minus one of the screws
 
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When you do get the new belt on turn your machine by hand to see how it will track before putting on the power. Frank
 
It's been a long time since I set up my old Grizzly, but I seem to remember having to play with it to get it adjusted correctly as well. Mine is adjusted all the way down with the 8" wheel. With the 10", I'm not surprised you're having trouble. You may have to drill and tap an extra hole in the tooling arm to get the second bolt in. Id run it a while with one bolt, and see if it works. If it does, I'd go with it.

--nathan
 
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