Noob question thread! 2020_Summer

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Avoiding belt slip

Without going into tensioning, which is king, I would say check the alignment very carefully. A belt that’s not aligned well can slip, as @taz mentioned. Something else that can cause anywhere from minor to massive slipping in a perfectly aligned and tensioned belt, is broken cords. If your belt has broken cords inside, you will typically not see any indication of this by inspecting it (sometimes you can though) but it will just skip like crazy. In that case, failure is imminent anyway and y…