Toothed Pulleys

[xrrich]

Decided my next purchase has to be toothies,

Been doing some research and wanted a bit of information

What's better aluminium or steel

And  is there anywhere else to get them from other then here,

http://www.bar-tek-tuning.de/nocache/g40+zahnriemantrieb+glader,w22739.htm

http://www.g-laderseite.de/eshop/product_info.php?products_id=42

Any general information would be great, i want to buy the right ones so don't regret it and end up buying better ones later on

Cheers
Rich

[scotsjohn]

The G-Laderseite one is a ribbed belt set-up thats not much of an improvement on the existing twin-v set-up. The Bartek effort might be OK, but it has a square section tooth belt/pulley that seemingly howls like a Banshee and is much more prone to belt stripping. There's a differance of opinion on the steel v alloy question; each has plus points. Best wait for a PSD to kit to come up here or e-bay. They're pretty reliable and well made. 

[Richg40]

Get the bar-tek one, im gonna.

[PeteG40]

the bartek arent square tooth, but they are steel not alu so are heavy!

[Alex]

Toothed belts are a bit of a dilemma for me.

I love the power delivery, but I really miss the noise of the V belts.

I know which I want more, but I can't say I'm a huge fan of the whine. I wouldn't want them to be any louder than the PSD ones.

[xrrich]

Yeah might wait for a set of PSD ones come up, how do the Ali ones wear compared to the steel ones,

[PeteG40]

depends how tight people have had the belts, whether they've used correct pitch replacement belts, which run of the PSD ones they are and how many miles they are?

I ran some second hand phase one ones - which had been used for about 50k for about 50 k myself and now samg40 has them and tehy are pretty much like new... whereas i've seen some newer ones which are worn out.

[scotsjohn]

the bartek arent square tooth, but they are steel not alu so are heavy!

I thought Bar-Tek used a cambelt profile on their kit. Seem to remember a lot of complaints about them on C.P.

[PeteG40]

some german ones did, but if you look at the photos they are same profile and but a shorter belt.  square tooth are much longer spaced

[AlexG40]

Wait till winter and buy my PSD ones off me. 

[xrrich]

winter is along time cant get power down also! aha
How come you selling yours?

[scotsjohn]

some german ones did, but if you look at the photos they are same profile and but a shorter belt.  square tooth are much longer spaced

That's what I was looking at, but on the pulleys. The space between the teeth looks much bigger than the teeth themselves. Doesn't look like a regular 8mm pitch.

[ereeiz]

I do have the intention of ordering some in via work but I got carried away and fitted them before measuring them :/
Realistically I doubt I will now unless these wear out. I think Justin is/was doing the same thing too, lol.

[xrrich]

Luckily i have sourced a brand new set of PSD toothed pulleys.

Right just wondering should i replace the 4 allen key bolts on the pulley for brand new ones or will it be ok to use old ones.

Any other things i might want to know before fitting them.
Helpful hints or tips

Thanks
RIch

[scotsjohn]

Hope these aren't off e-bay mate. There's some dodgey PSD lookalikes on there; missing the guide rails.