2009/6/8 Steve Blackmore <[email protected]>:

> What belt stretch? Once they are adjusted up, that's it.

Perhaps I should have said "belt elasticity".

> Timing belts have steel strands in them, to add strength and ensure they
> don't stretch. Example - On most modern OHC motor engines once the
> timing belt is fitted and adjusted, it's never touched again for 30-50K
> miles.

But a certain degree of elasticity is helpful in that application to
absorb some of the cyclic loads. (as long as the crank acyclism is
kept within bounds to avoid destructive resonances.)

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atp

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