Hi,
I'm hoping someone here can help me here because I can't quite figure it out.
With a tensioner pulley between two static pulleys, how much slack is removed from the belt for each unit movement of the tensioner?
The specific application is a cambelt tensioner on an engine. I need to make sure I have enough reserve travel in the tensioner before I go a get a load skimmed off the head.
From some doodles (below) I'm half convinced that moving the tensioner 1mm would pull 2mm slack from the belt, but I'm not sure. The doodle on the left is an exaggerated version of the one on the right.
Any ideas chaps?
I'm hoping someone here can help me here because I can't quite figure it out.
With a tensioner pulley between two static pulleys, how much slack is removed from the belt for each unit movement of the tensioner?
The specific application is a cambelt tensioner on an engine. I need to make sure I have enough reserve travel in the tensioner before I go a get a load skimmed off the head.
From some doodles (below) I'm half convinced that moving the tensioner 1mm would pull 2mm slack from the belt, but I'm not sure. The doodle on the left is an exaggerated version of the one on the right.
Any ideas chaps?