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Belt Issues......

Posted by blake (A) on December 9, 2016 at 05:46:39

In Reply to: RE: Gyrodec SE vs. EAT C Major... posted by PAR on December 9, 2016 at 00:29:26:

Long time Gyro user here (30 years) as well.

Definitely some serious problems with belts in the past couple of years.

I tend to replace belts every 2-3 years and the two that I bought about 12-16 months ago were simply unusable out of the bag with audible wow and flutter. I should have asked for a refund from the dealer I buy from (I'm in Canada) but they were a relatively small item so I resurrected the older belts I had around and went another 8 months to a year with them.

When I went back to order another couple of belts (figuring it was just a defective batch that I got) my dealer told me that the Michell distributor in North America did not currently have any belts and that they were changing the manufacturing/sourcing for belts as there had been problems and that the dealer would notify me when they came in. I got some new belts again in the past 4-5 months and they are definitely better, although obviously different material and they seem to be ridged on either side of the belt, which the older belts were not, which I'm not thrilled about. Not sure if they are as good as the older, pre-problem belt/design though.

The latest, however, seem to be ok, but it's given me thought to maybe try a couple of the aftermarket belts available on Ebay next time. I know someone that just bought a few of those so will let them be the guinea pig and see how they work out for them.

But there have definitely been belt problems at Michell in the past 18 motnhs.

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