New belts for my DAM

[decade80]

Today I recieved some dial-a-matic belts in the mail. I installed a new belt on my DAM since the old belt was stretched. Is it normal for a vacuum belt to be a bit tight at first after you install it?...I am worried to use it because its tight. Will it stretch out in a few days and will it be more easy to turn the brushroll?...

 

[petek]

New belts are always tight and sometimes near impossible to get on

 

[hoover_elite_20]

ALWAYS tight

when you first put them on a vacuum. I had one heck of a time once trying to get a new belt on a friend's hoover elite 350, but it eventually went on.