Powder coating pulleys

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Dec 3, 2009 | 07:28 PM

dmayhew

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Powder coating pulleys

Is there any problem in powder coating the pulleys on a motor?

When you paint , the belt wears the paint away rather fast in the V grove.

The powder coated V grove will not wear a way the same.

Will the belt still run ok , or will it slip or squeal?

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David

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Dec 3, 2009 | 07:55 PM

Smadoo

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I dont know if it would cause any problems, but I would try to avoid powder coating in the grove.

Dec 3, 2009 | 08:12 PM

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David - I powder coated the pulleys on all 3 of my Vettes - no issues to date. Did my 76 3 winters ago & no wear to speak of.

John

Dec 3, 2009 | 08:28 PM

dmayhew

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Thanks guys

As always , the forum comes thru

David

Dec 4, 2009 | 03:32 AM

mydejavooo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Smadoo

I dont know if it would cause any problems, but I would try to avoid powder coating in the grove.

I don't know how you would avoid coating the grove itself, since the part is baked in an oven, and tape would melt away to nothing. I've never heard of any issues with the coating coming off in an application such as this, since the factory part is painted, so I suspect that the powdercoating would actually be a LOT tougher, and have more wear resistance than paint. Just a thought anyways.

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