Tuesday, January 8, 2013
DW5000 Chain to Strap drive conversion
After a year of rehearsals and performances, the chain on my DW5000 pedal came loose. I didn't notice the problem until I unpacked the pedal from its travel bag at home. The pin that secures the chain to the footboard wore out just enough to slide completely out of its housing. I thought about replacing the chain but decided to take this opportunity to convert the chain drive to a strap drive instead. I grew up using strap drive pedals but the last 2 decades I have been using chain drives.
After several google and drum forum searches, I came up empty trying to find a conversion kit for this specific pedal. I finally emailed Drum Workshop directly and asked them if such a product exists. Today I received a reply from DW with the news that the parts needed to convert the pedal from chain to strap drive existed.
I'm ordering the parts as soon as possible and I will document the entire process and post it here.
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Hey Chris,
ReplyDeleteI am in the same position... Looking to convert my chain drive to a nylon strap. Did you just purchase the strap drive cams or is there a "whole kit" that you need? Thanks! - Matt
Hi Matthew, I just purchased the cams. There's no "kit" as far as I know. It's really a DIY project becauseonce you have the cams, then it's all about tearing the pedal down and replacing the old cams with the new ones.
ReplyDeleteI had actually documented the conversion with photos but never had enough time to actually write the blog post/tutorial here :(
Do you have the model number of the cams needed?
Here are the part numbers you will need to order the cams and the nylon straps:
ReplyDeleteDWSP045 – CAM FOR NYLON STRAP
DWSP046-4- 4 PACK NYLON STRAPS
PIA. For whatever reason the bearings DW sent were the wrong size. Just cleaned andused the old ones. New Strap & Cam were fine and I now play with the nylon strap on my 20 year old dw5000.
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