I will trade BEER and FOOD for . . .

[pierhogunn]

I will trade As Much Beer as you want and as much good food ( cooked on the grill) for ANYONE in or around charlotte, who can come to my house and help me reassemble my BT3100... I tried replaceing the motor, and now I can't get the ****'d thing back together...

Heck, I'll even being my pile of parts to you, ( and the beer)

[jackellis]

I'd offer to help for beer and food, you bring the parts. Except that California is probably a long way to go for help

[Mr__Bill]

Would one of those exploded view diagrams help? I'd offer my help except that I am clueless, haven't disassembled mine yet, plus it's a tad bit far away.

I can't remember where I got the diagram on the net but I'll email it to you if you like.


Bill, over here on the big ocean

[pierhogunn]

Thanks, for the offers, I got the exploded view, unf. that doens't help me put the belts back on the dang'd thing... I've read the belt re-doing threads and I am still just as frustrated with this "opportunity" for bloody knuckles and expanding my 4 year olds vocabulary of popular naval terms ( means I'm gonna cuss like a sailor)

[cgallery]

Is the problem that the belts are too tough to stretch? For bandsaw tires they suggest putting them in hot (not boiling) water for a while to make them more pliable.

[jrnewhall]

Try this article

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...ighlight=belts

~JRN

[germdoc]

This could be God's way of telling you you need a change. In other words, whereas some might see this as an impediment, you might see this as an opportunity...TO UPGRADE!!!

[LCHIEN]

Try this article

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...ighlight=belts

~JRN

I've not had to work on mine but the advice given in this article seems the best way to me - e.g use the arbor nut and a socket wrench to rotate the arbor and the pulley to walk the belts on. Otherwise there's no way to get any leverage to turn those parts, very easily.

Instead of a 19mm socket he suggests, a 3/4" might be more available and is the correct size of the nut. But 19mm is pretty close if you don't have the 3/4".