#Standard front idlers or the Beefy Idlers?

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frail spear
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In my ongoing quest to improve my Voron 2.4, I came across a modification for the front idlers: the Beefy Front Idlers. Would it be wise to replace the standard front idlers with the Beefy Front Idlers to make adjusting the A/B belts easier?

I noticed that the Beefy Front Idlers have two screws to tension the belts, but I can imagine that this might allow the tensioners to be adjusted slightly unevenly. I'm not sure if that's ideal for achieving proper belt tension.

Do you have any experience with this? Or would you recommend just sticking with the standard idlers, as they’re good enough?

dapper zodiac
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hello I have a few videos on the topic

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hopefully this helps

frail spear
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Thank you for the links to your videos. You explain exactly what I expected about these idlers. But what is the final verdict on these idlers compared to the standard ones? Is it worth installing them? Can they ultimately help achieve better belt tension? Or can you achieve exactly the same result with the standard idlers? And by that, I mean when using the COMPARE_BELTS_RESPONSES macro on the Voron 2.4.

dapper zodiac
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I like rama over BFI

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some like BFI over rama

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basically your choice

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One of the major complaints of the standard front idlers is that they split. Both BFI and rama address this