I had a thought today about my Comet series 30 Torque Verter Transmission. To date I have roughly 1800 miles on it and it works fine, but I have been through 3 belts with the 4th one on the unit now. The belts don't really wear out, they just stretch until they flop around and don't work well anymore. Then I put a new belt on and I'm back in business. I have held onto all my used belts and they are all in great shape except the stretch. And it's only about an inch. I was doing some research today and found the specs for the Comet Series 30. It says the distance between the center of the drive (front) pulley and the driven (rear) pulley is supposed to be between 6" 15/16ths and 7" in length. I measured mine and came up with 6.5" . It hit me, "No frakin wonder my belts are sloppy when broken in, the pulleys are too close together!" So I wake up at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday and in my robe and slippers (when I get an idea I have to utilize it NOW), I take the Comet off and re-do the holes that mount it to the engine case so I now have 7 1/8" from pulley to pulley. All my old belts work great. I put a brand new belt on and it works great. I think I will get full life of my belts now. The shifting is even smoother now too as a bonus. I don't know why I had lost a whole half an inch but it makes a world of difference. So bottom line, if you use the Comet make sure you have 7" inches center to center or it won't work the way it should.
