I've had a BT3100 for about 15 years, used it to build a house, etc. Replaced the motor once. After several years' use I've had the belts break after the motor bound up while sawing something really tough (usually the motor stalls and trips the breaker).
So about two weeks ago I replaced the belts, and since then only sawed a few small pieces of red oak. Yesterday I was ripping some PT 1 x 6's and the blade stalled but the motor kept going, almost instantly ripping up the belts.
Why did these belts fail so quickly? Could they have been defective? Is there a belt tension adjustment I don't know about? Could the pulleys be out of alignment?
Can the BT3000 be retrofit with v-belt pulleys to run using standard v-belts (which can be had for $1 each online)? I can't afford the $40 and the hour's worth of time to fix this on a weekly basis.
So about two weeks ago I replaced the belts, and since then only sawed a few small pieces of red oak. Yesterday I was ripping some PT 1 x 6's and the blade stalled but the motor kept going, almost instantly ripping up the belts.
Why did these belts fail so quickly? Could they have been defective? Is there a belt tension adjustment I don't know about? Could the pulleys be out of alignment?
Can the BT3000 be retrofit with v-belt pulleys to run using standard v-belts (which can be had for $1 each online)? I can't afford the $40 and the hour's worth of time to fix this on a weekly basis.
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