Agree Mark, my experience with moving to the green fleetguard has been trouble free. The 6 micro rib belts supplied with the kit simply stretched after a couple of hours use and the auto tensioner was unable to keep them from squealing. I did have some very ordinary alignment issues that 'ol eagle eyes @MB picked up on, however the standard series belts still stretched. The only issue I have had with the fleetguard is the back cover surface is 'sticky' when i first start up, and it sounded like I had a 'clicking' bearing - took a while to diagnose as the belt 'popping off' the idler roller. A puff with some graphite powder fixed it instantly. I mention this only as an observation and remedy if someone else strikes it. The dimensional stability is great, but, I upgraded the drive from 6 to 8 rib after hearing about issues with the 6 rib stretching by other users with the s/c, and still find it pretty easy to get them to squeal as well with 8 rib, but thats more a driver issue than the belt. All my pulleys are steel, so good friction surface. If you run aluminium pulleys you may strike slippage though.Originally Posted by mudski
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