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Many people have use the Gates Tri-power belts on their 1340GT and have not had any issues with vibration or wear. I ran a smaller motor pulley and my motor to 3600 RPM for years with aggressive braking and did not see belt wear or shedding. I did buy another set for another lathe and they did seemed to be stiffer (label was faded), unfortunately these were purchased through Amazon and it looked like they had been sitting on the shelf for years, so I would recommend buying the belts through a high volume dealer (Like Royal or MRO) with higher turn over. Multi-belt pulley need to be matched, so sometimes this can be an issue. Any replacement belt is better than the stock one, the notched type will do better with a smaller motor pulley.