Thread Number: 17999
Are there any advantages to round belts ? |
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Post# 196579   8/21/2012 at 16:41 (4,236 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 196643 , Reply# 1   8/22/2012 at 03:04 (4,236 days old) by vintagekitchen ()   |   | |
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In my experience the flat belts like in a Kirby or Royal far outlast the round belts used by Eureka and Hoover. Those round belts are forever stretching and cracking. |
Post# 196646 , Reply# 2   8/22/2012 at 03:10 (4,236 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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That's true, I took the Genuine Hoover belt off my 1977 Hoover Senior a week ago to replace it just for good measure and it was cracked, stretched and just looked plain worn!
Then again, it WAS 7 months old, but still. I think Hoovers have the belt tolerances set too tight at the off-set which is why they wear prematurely. Perhaps Kirbys and the like have looser tolerances so there isn't as much tension on the belt. |
Post# 196735 , Reply# 3   8/22/2012 at 15:15 (4,236 days old) by vacuumfreak (Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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I have to agree. My Kirby Heritage II's belt lasted way longer that my Eureka round belts, and I use them both everyday. Im not sure why this happens, but the Kirby's belt seems to last longer :S Daniel :-) |
Post# 196743 , Reply# 4   8/22/2012 at 15:37 (4,236 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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One of the reasons that the genuine kirby belts last so long is the ribbing in the inside of the belt, This ribbing allows the belt to cool down much like a tothed belt. The cooler a belt stays during operation the longer it will last.
However judging belts in various cleaners longevity in your collection is not very accurate.
belt that stand stretched in place for months at a time will distort and fail premature. Have you ever bought a santaire or hoover convertible/senior and heard that thump thump that seems out of place, its caused by a belt that has been distorted from standing in the same position for long periods of time. |
Post# 196748 , Reply# 5   8/22/2012 at 16:01 (4,235 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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I haven't had that but did know about belts molding in one position if left for extensive periods of time.
This is why I run all of my upright Vacuum Cleaners AT LEAST once a month, but in reality they all get used way more than that. It is the same idea with car tyres. If you have a car which is sitting stagnant for months, when you drive it you may find the steering wheel is vibrating or the car just feels shaky. That is due to the rubber of the tyre sagging and molding where it was pressed against the ground. It is the same idea with the belts of vacuums molding into the position of the two pulleys where they bend. |
Post# 196859 , Reply# 7   8/23/2012 at 08:20 (4,235 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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"As far as I can gather from thinking about it round belts SHOULD last longer and therefore be better, but I could be wrong." Did I really write that!?
I have NO CLUE why I would have because that is WRONG! Flat belts last longer... I'm not making excuses I genuinely don't remember typing that and certainly wouldn't because it does not correlate with what I believe (flat belts lasting longer). That is worrying... |