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Pigeon_Droppings2
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I just replace the whole arms on the B&D....they used to be £5 a pop but probably more now as everything seems to have gone up!...I tent to wear the rubber wheels out with the stuff I do.
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mine has an alloy wheel at the end with grooves in and you fit 5 neoprene o rings on
its spring loaded .I got a stack of belts cheap and made the machine fit the belts 
its a good machine its a cp relieved of a production line 
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Bought the evolution as a treat to myself (and gave away my old B&D to a mate)...main selling point on the evolution was the steel roller...the B&D is rubber and does wear.
No matter what I did it would eject the belts across the room constantly...it got so annoying that I binned it and bought another B&D. The B&D can run through an entire belt witout it flying off...I ddin't appreciate how useful a feature this is. The B&D arms are replaceable and available on fleabay so I just replace them when the rubber wheel wears down...maybe if I let my welds cool off the wheels would last longer.
The evolution metal wheel was no better...the pins wear and then the wheel kept falling out...combine that with the belt flying out and thats one annoying tool!
Moral of the story...if you have something for years that does the job then don't go looking for a new shiny model....life lesson in there somewhere I think!
