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Does anyone manufacture an alternative Linn Sondek belt pulley ?

I am so tired of adjusting that terrible pulley that my Linn Sondek has at present.  I cannot stop the belt from slipping, regardless of how many belts I have changed and however many adjustments I have made.  Maybe on my TT, the axis of the motor mount wrt the chassis is bent..... Regardless, I do not want to spend any more money on TTs except maybe just for a new fool proof pulley.  Besides, its sound to me, is still great, when the belt does not slip.

If anyone manufactures a Linn GROOVED pulley for a standard 2 or 3 mm diameter ROUND belt, it would be perfect.  It would be so much more capable of dealing with slight imperfections and age and mechanics of older TTs, which I am prepared to live with.

Anyone know any third parties doing this ?

Thanks

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zavato
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@dover 

No one seems to complain that the Corvette has been through multiple generations since 1972. I guess they never got that right either. Nor a Porsche 911. 

dover
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@zavato 

Corvettes don't handle cornering, they are built for drag strips.

Porsches - I remember when you couldn't get insurance for a Porsche unless you had completed a Porsche drivers course - the handling was so bad. Like the Linn its taken 40 years to get good handling.

And of course Porsche "hobbles" the motors in the lesser models like the Cayman so you can't put the 911 in the shade. 

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