Vacuum cleaners have one job, and most do it well. But a broken roller belt will instantly cripple your vacuum and render your roller inoperable. Instead of spending money on a repair service (or a ...

“Replace chains when ‘stretch’ exceeds 2% of their original length,” says Greg Madlinger, Daido Chain. If a chain’s original length is unknown, consider this: The distance between the pins on a roller ...

Most vehicles have a rubber belt on the front of the engine that drives accessories such as the air-conditioning compressor, power steering pump and alternator. If this accessory drive belt (also ...

About one-third of the electric motors in the industrial and commercial sectors use belt drives. Belt drives provide flexibility in the positioning of the motor relative to the load. Pulleys (sheaves) ...

Unless you’re driving an electric car, you have at least one accessory drive belt under your hood known as the “serpentine belt” because of the way it snakes around the engine bay. All belts wear and ...

Like all things mechanical, the serpentine belt tensioner and idler pulley on C5 engines will eventually wear, develop play, and require replacement. A slight squeaking noise coming from either the ...