AJay 1 1 Vehicles Report post Posted February 6, 2017 Hi Can anyone hep? i am looking for a picture of a burroughs gauge in the rest position, i.e not on a cam belt... Reason is i lent my gauge out (big mistake) and the idiot broke it.... i have managed to fix it again but the dial can go on in a number of positions thus changing the tension on the gauge.... I am hoping that by looking at another gauge i can get a close approximation of the position of the dial with no load. this should get me in the ball park when checking the belt.. Or does anyone know how to calibrate said gauge.... and no puting a spring balance on the arm and pulling does not give any correlation to the 95lbs on the gauge as full scale deflection comes at about 36lbs... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
910Esprit 392 1 Vehicles Report post Posted February 6, 2017 I assume if you hang a 95lbs weight from a suspended section of cambelt, that would do it? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJay 1 1 Vehicles Report post Posted February 6, 2017 Ah yes perfect idea...I will give that a try.. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andyww 1,100 Report post Posted February 6, 2017 I have a non-Lotus-branded one and there is a matt-finish marked band on the rim of the plastic disc and at rest the pointer is in the middle of this band. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJay 1 1 Vehicles Report post Posted February 6, 2017 Aha I have that Mark too ill line it up on that then test it with the weight on an old cam belt...thanks for taking the time to look. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
molemot 518 1 Vehicles Report post Posted February 6, 2017 Remember that to get 95lbs tension by hanging weights, you need to hang the weights so that only one length of belt, and not the whole loop, supports the weight. I cut an old belt in two and made loops of the ends by rivetting the belt....with steel wire hooks to enable the assembly to be hung up and the weights to attach. Quote Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been." - Albert Einstein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanR 61 Report post Posted February 7, 2017 May help.. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Ii1ukGkfijY/SqoortswTcI/AAAAAAAAC4E/9gbZRfQPsZU/s1600-h/clip_image0023.jpg Quote DanR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
