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Old 11-17-2010, 10:54 AM   #26 (permalink)
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...beats walking...
 
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...I know about belts, one of our two FMC-manufactured Field Dynamometers at the U.S. Army Proving Ground, Yuma, AZ, used "belt" coupling between it's TANK engine and its mongo-TRUCK transmission...used something like 10 or 12 "matched" V-belts, which all had to be changed 'en-masse' when more than one or two failed.

...of course, the 115-120°F summer desert temperatures didn't "hel" service life either!
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