Where to buy Krikit KR1?

[ElEsprito]

Hello, can anyone point me in the right direction where I can buy a Krikit KR1. My local shop (Netherlands) doesn't even know why one would need to set belt tension (duh). Amazon.com sells them but shipping & handling is 150% of the tool cost. So I'm looking for a seller in the UK, that can ship it to me. Any idea's? (non-online is okay as well)

Thanks!!

Dennis

[910Esprit]

Dennis - do a search on the forum, I recall there is a dealer in 'Warrington' that sells them. They are not expensive.

[peteyg]

Hi Dennis,

I might need one as well as it's a pain, like you say, driving to the dealer. You need to leave the car there overnight as well as the engine must be cold.

If you find a supplier, let me know. I can easily buy 2 and post yours out to you.

Pete

[910Esprit]

http://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/index.php/topic/10518-kriket-anyone/

[peteyg]

It appears that they don't do mail order and I live about 200 miles from Warrington so slightly inconvenient.

Any other ideas?

Pete

[Rich H]

I have a Krikit2 I got off e-bay... it's only just on the scale for the belts though.

[peteyg]

What's the scale on the Krikit 2?

[910Esprit]

Oh yes, very sorry. for the inconvenience

[Rich H]

50 units (Whatever they are) up. Belt needs to be around 45-55

[scottmgibb]

I have been meaning to get one of these for some time, but have alway struggled to find somewhere that sell them. In the end I ordered one from www.midwayautosupply.com in the USA. I ordered it late last Friday (12th) and it arrived this morning (18th) - much quicker than I expected. Cost £29.12 in total (£12.98 for the Krikit I; £16.13 for 'FedEx International Priority' delivery), so not that cheap, but well worth it i think.

I have just fitted the belt to the engine, and had tensioned it by hand '45 degrees each way'. The Krikit said it was about 54 - which for a belt that has not been run yet is probably not bad .

Scott

[ElEsprito]

Yeah, I ended up asking my dad to take one back from the States for me. So pretty soon I'll be able to verify the TuneIt! setting!

[Sparky]

I'll be in the States a few times over the coming months, and my target is to buy a few.

[Mike6]

Probably a silly question but does this gadget tension the timing belt - the blurb seems to suggest its not for timing belts. Always useful to keep in stock so if you get a few Sparky could I bag one.

[lotus4s]

If any of you over there would like to coordinate a group buy, I'd be happy to pick up a bunch of them and ship them over to one person who could then distribute them....You can probably ship 10 or 20 for the same price as 1.

[Wilf]

I'd have one too - do we need to start a list?

[Sir Paolo]

I got in touch with Gates UK, and they were able to supply me with a KR1.

[USAndretti42]

We have belt drives on the little engine we are working on and we use an Iphone app to tension them. We pluck the belt (quiet at the back) and the app does a frequency analysis of the sound to give the major frequency. Could you use this for the Esprit?