Titan cable tower new pulleys vs. old comparison

Interested in replacing your Titan cable tower pulleys? I just got replacement pulleys and in this video I test the difference between the two.
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This is the garage gym equipment I've got in my gym:
Titan T3 rack:
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Titan Lat Pulldown/Low Row:
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Titan Wall Mounted Cable Tower V3:
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Link to Titan Hex Trap Bar v2:
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Titan Y Dip Attachment:
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Titan landmine attachment:
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Titan spotter arms:
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Rep Fitness FB5000 bench and 3-in-1 Plyobox:
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Fitness Reality 1000 adjustable bench:
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ComMax Roman Chair:
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Xmark Lumberjack EZ curl bar:
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Mad Spotter attachments:
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Titan sphere grip pullup bar:
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Titan T2 leg holder:
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Titan loadable dumbbell handles:
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[@zalcrux]

Just ordered mine! Thanks for the review and the link!

[@DiscoveringStrength]

No problem! Hope you like the replacements.

[@MrRyanhartnett]

Hey bro, really appreciate the videos. Your reviews are definitely some of the most thorough, and have helped guide my decision to purchase the wall mounted pulley tower (and likely new pulleys after purchase) 👏

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Thanks for the feedback! Happy to hear you've found them useful. Hope you enjoy the pulley tower

[@daryllu2093]

Thanks for the review. I'm curious of your take when you do LESS weight given resistance would be felt more so with less weight. This would be helpful as I consider this unit for home and my wife would use. Second, pulley quality would be helpful in resistance, however, the bar that which the weight slides up and down would be a significant source of resistance, right? What have you found to make that part of the machine smoother? Is there another machine similar to Titan's that uses a round bar and sealed bearings? Appreciate the info!

[@tylerfabish5578]

Just so you know, WD-40 isn't actually a good lubricant. It is a water displacer. If you want long term low maintenance lubrication, then you want something like chain lube, or wheel bearing GREASE. yes, there is a difference. They even come in spray bottles like WD-40. I use liquid wrench chain lube on my motorcycle chain. Never would use WD-40. On the plate slides for my chest machine at home I actually use wheel bearing GREASE to lube The metal slides. That stuff basically never wears off

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Thanks for tip! I did not know that. I'll have to pick some up and post an updated video👍

[@KoolAidMan7981]

Thats not regular WD40….its the white lithium grease

[@kellerv.602]

great video! just got mine today looking to do the same to it. quick question what size bolts did you use to bolt it into the wall?

[@jeremy7075]

Hi. I ordered these pulleys and just received them. The bearings seem to be about 3mm wider than the stock ones. Did you find the same thing? If so, did you have to pry open the spaces to get the pulleys to fit?

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Yeah mine are a little wider. Most still fit just fine but a few I had to widen to accommodate. Overall it didn't affect performance.👍

[@mattbass]

Did you find a solution to this? Mine are also way wider

[@jeremy7075]

@@mattbass I ended up using a metal lathe to make them narrower. That was the only solution I could find without bending the bearing mounts.

[@mattbass]

@@jeremy7075 Interesting! Yeah I called bellsofsteel to check their dimensions and they said some people take a metal file to it. Wish I had access to a lathe, sounds significantly easier.

[@gregoryanderson7103]

Nice, I will replace mine. Thanks, very helpful

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Glad it was helpful 👍

[@marcusfield1900]

What pulleys? I bought some and they were 25mm width which doesn’t fit.

[@dylano7242]

My 2 cents. I have tuff stuff pec fly plate loaded and a titan fitness single cable tower. The tuff stuff pulleys are smaller but far thicker and is harder to pull a weight than titan fitness cable machine pulley. Being smaller pulleys the amount of weight needed is less. A larger pulley is not what you want in exercises, on a winch yes but not when you are trying grow muscles you need to do the work not the pulley. That means you have to use more weight on the machine. Smoothness is OK in pulley but you need a smaller ratio pulley so you are pulley more the weight yourself and not the pulley doing the work for you.

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Thanks for the insight! I didn't know that. I could see the smaller pulleys being much better in that case.

[@michaelpietkiewicz3954]

Did you ever have an issue with the plastic guide piece that is meant to keep the weight stack from rubbing on the rail? Mine keeps popping up and wondering if there was a way you worked around this! Thanks for the video!

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Yes I've had the same issue. Haven't found a good solution. It's just an annoying problem, but hasn't pushed me to the point of finding a solution.

[@kylebread]

I'm not really sure if I should have done it but what I did I tied a knot at the closest point of the ball.

[@jtam222]

I had this problem too, and also the same problem with the plastic stopper that goes on the tower with the two handles. It turns out I inserted both of the plastic stoppers 90 degrees the wrong way. To solve this, You need to take the top off of the tower and then reinsert the plastic pieces such that the tabs on the sides line up with the holes. The tabs then click into the holes, keeping them locked in place. Once I did that, the problem went away 100%

[@iamjoshball]

when you're using one "pulley side" vs the dual do you feel the resistance to be much less using the single set vs the double set? I'm noticing the resistance to be much more when both cables are attached vs the one.

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Hmm...not sure I've noticed a difference.

[@sean5389]

The cable travels twice as far to move the weight the same distance when using one handle. So you're basically only lifting half the weight with one handle.

[@kylebread]

Yes you're basically pulling twice as much

[@fitzy28101]

When you connect the two it becomes 1.1 ratio, using one handle is a 2.1 ratio.

[@ImmortalStrengthPowerlifting]

we need a max weight strength test :)

[@solomoe2]

How is the sound? I seen you use the old one and it made a lot of noise when the weights move

[@DiscoveringStrength]

It is a little more quiet with the new pulleys although the noise of the old pulleys didn't seem too bad to me.

[@jamesgoodwin1290]

Hi, how much weight can the unit handle now with the new pullies?

[@DiscoveringStrength]

I don't think the pulleys have increased the overall capacity. I would say the same

[@nathanmaman1343]

Hi, do you think there is a way to strengthen the whole tower so that you'll be able to put more weight on it?

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Hmm...interesting idea. I have no idea honestly. You probably could, but I'm not sure where to begin. I'm not strong enough where I would need to do that.😂

[@danbryant7322]

To me the new ones seem to be a little quieter as well.

[@DiscoveringStrength]

That's probably true. I haven't compared the volume.👍

[@uhaaid3563]

are you korean? whats with the flag?

[@DiscoveringStrength]

Just spent a long time in Korea, so there sentimental value👍