Drive Sprocket Won't Turn: HELP!! (Grub 4G T-Belt)

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travboat

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May 2, 2012
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I have an 80/10T Grubee 4G T-belt setup; the 10T drive sprocket is solid and the 80T pulley has the notorious one-way bearing. When I hit the clutch, the belt/pulleys turn, but the drive sprocket won't power the chain.

I took the 80T pulley off and both the clips still appeared to be on either side of the bearing, but I don't know if is a good indication as to whether the bearing is trashed or not. Does anyone know what the problem could be?

Since I'm new at this, I don't really know what it could be. If it is the one-way, I suppose I could get my cousin to weld it and get a freewheel axle; does anyone have a good description of how to weld the one-way? If it's not the one-way, then I'm stumped.

I've scoured this forum for an answer and I've found a few vague threads alluding to this problem, but none with a concise or clear answer/resolution.

Thanks for all the help.
 

travboat

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I think my problem is solved; it looks like the bearing was installed backwards. If that didn't do it, I'll get the freewheel kit. Thanks for looking anyway.
 

travboat

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Nevermind... my last post didn't make sense. It's apparent the bearing failed; it's really noisy. I'm just going to weld it solid and get a HD wheel kit.