Originally Posted by
Gary Lewis
Dad had a trick of laying a round rasp in a pulley and whacking it with a mallet to get rid of belt squeal. It leaves little ridges on the pulley that let the belt grip the pulley. At first I figured that would wear the belt out pretty quickly, but it didn't - we never had problems with any of the belts.
I like that idea. So he knurled the pulley. +1 to Gary