I recently cranked the blade all the way up on my Ryobi BT 3000 table saw thinking it had a positive stop at the top. No, the belts hit the underside of the table first . When I turned it on, the blade stayed still while the motor revved up and broke both of the belts that were pinned tight to the top. Does anyone know the procedure to put new belts on those two ribbed pulleys?? The shafts are both held solid by double bearings so the belts have to be worked back on some how. I have two new urethane belts and I tried heating them in boiling water but they won't even start to go on!
Cheers, Jim
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So that bottom shaft has what looks like a cap head screw in the center. Guessing that since it looks like it connects directly to the motor shaft, it might slide off w/the screw removed?
I don't have one but I found a couple of images here where it looks like the guy made a tool to help get the belts in place? From what I have seen, you may have to remove the motor from the saw to do it. Only shows one belt but maybe this will help. You may want to replace the shims while you are at it.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
I'm planning on doing this without removing the motor from the saw. Hi Bruce. The bottom shaft is sthe front end of the motor .
Hi Lazyman. I have fabricated a Tapered wooden loader that I can slide the belts on over some thin pieces of aluminum all the way to the back. It will be a 2 man job and will need a buddy to try it. I do like the idea of rolling them on but these urethane belts have no give and will not come close to entering the ends. I have ordered some original black replacement belts and will try rolling them on first before using my Rube Goldberg fixture!! The shims are in good shape. I had them out a couple times when removing the motor to have it rebuilt. The new belts should be her on the 24th.
Also I drilled and tapped 2 holes in the motor mount to install some upper stop screws once I get this back together!!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Success!!!! I was engraving some Yeti barrels for the house builders at the high school and they said they would try to just walk the belts on and they did . I made a sleeve over the blade arbor and tightened the nut against it and one of them turned it with the ratchet and Kyle, the big guy, just walked them onto the pulleys!!
Sorry..........Too much light coming in the window!
Now I just have to assemble it the rest of the way................Cheers, JIm
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I'm back up and running. The answer is you have to walk the belts back on while someone is turning the pulley with a socket and you have to be strong enough to pull them on. Kyle is certainly strong enough and saved my bacon!!
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Hi Bruce. I thought they were OEM by part number but they said urethane when I got them and they were just at stiff as the orange ones. The difference is having a strong person to force them on!! Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
