KEVLAR V BELTS (blue ones )

Mike M · Oct 4, 2016

Anyone here using them ? Can you claim better performance over a regular belt or can't really tell ?

Gene Davis (Ga.) · Oct 4, 2016

I worked at the local golf course for 8 years we tried them and they were well worth the difference because they lasted much longer and this was very severe use on a 10' wide folding bat-wing type rough cut mower hitting everything in the way. The drivers never dodged anything he could find to run over. The belts did a good job for us.

M-MAN · Oct 4, 2016

Can't tell any difference on my mowers.

Steve@Advance · Oct 4, 2016

They are far better than standard belts!

When you buy the factory replacement belt for a garden tractor or mower, and it's really expensive, that is typically what you are getting, a Kevlar reinforced belt.

Standard belts can't take the shock load of a mower deck, the typical misalignment, and reciprocating engines are terrible on belts, especially where space limits the load to a single belt.

They are well worth the extra cost if you have a problem application.

Blackhole49 · Oct 4, 2016

I've found they last much longer than standard belts, especially they run on the backside off a tensioner or idler.

GVSII · Oct 4, 2016

I put 2 on this spring.Fan belt on a tractor and 1 on arough cut mower. Both seem OK but it's only been 6 months.

MarkB_MI · Oct 4, 2016

They seem to fit MUCH better than auto parts store V-belts. It seems the automotive v-belts these days are all imported, and I suspect they are metric-size belts that are "close enough" to the inch-sized belts they are supposed to replace. I went nuts trying to get a V-belt to fit an old Lawn Chief rototiller. Then I bought a made-in-USA Kevlar belt from TSC and it fit PERFECTLY.

pete 23 · Oct 4, 2016

The snowmobile had a whole lot to do with the development or at least common usage of the Kevlar belts. Some would eat a regular supplied belt in one trip around the block. Artic cat dealer was pulling his hair out.

Leroy · Oct 4, 2016

I don't ever remember seeing blue belts, only green ones. Are the blue the same or something different?

mmidlam · Oct 4, 2016

automotive belts and A,B,C have and the corresponding pulleys have different angles to them. One is 38 degrees and the other is 40 degrees. the belts life will be shortened with a misapplication.

rrlund · Oct 4, 2016

If they're like the Oregon blue belts that the hardware store sells at a premium price,they need to run absolutely straight. I had to use them on the lawn mower deck where they had to run at an angle when you'd lower the deck. The wife could mow the lawn about a time and a half before the back would start to crack loose and they'd shred.

andy r · Oct 4, 2016

The blue belts are just OK. They are better than the black regular duty belts which are probably made abroad by the same company. An expensive black belt might do as well. Other experiences - My cub cadet zero turn took an expensive belt that Cub Cadet carried. It was something like $50 which I refused to pay. It was Kelvar. As a replacement I was buying the blue farm store Kelvar belts for about $30. They might mow a lawn once and fail. I probably bought 10 of them over the last 3 years. One day I thought I would see what belts they had on ebay. Doing a search for the part number I needed for the Cub Cadet an Oregon belt for about 1/2 the farm store price for a blue Kelvar popped up. I ordered it and honestly I cannot destroy it. There are differences. Just a lot tougher. It was amazing to me.

KEVLAR V BELTS (blue ones )

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