Originally Posted by
AdamAnt316
As for belts, those generally don't cause copious amounts of smoke when they go bad, unless you're talking about a high-torque application like a vacuum cleaner. More often than not, if a belt in a disk drive or other electronic device goes bad, it either becomes too stretched out to allow for the device to work at the correct speed, or the rubber either breaks apart or turns into a nasty goo. I haven't had any belt issues so far with my numerous Commodore 1541 disk drives, though I suppose it's possible.
-Adam
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