I received a turntable from a friend, so I could 'mess around' with it for him! The unit had a rubberized fabric belt that was worn smooth, and in spite of using a 'rubber restorer', and the tension adjustment, it still slipped. Looking online at the belt suppliers, everything was either too long, or short.
After some thought, I tried this...
Clean the face of the drive belt with a solvent, I used acetone. Lay the belt with the rubber side up, on scrap cardboard then squeeze a bit of ordinary silicon adhesive onto the belt face. Spread it on the belt surface evenly, in as thin a layer as possible. I used the edge of a credit card a squeegee. Clean any silicone from the edges, and let it cure. I repeated this several times building up thin coats. If the belt seemed very worn I guess you could do both sides to help reinforce it.
After the belt cured it worked great, and is still going over a year later.
Magic in a tube!
Drive Belt Quick Fix
Drive Belt Quick Fix
Len
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a big pile of junk.” (T. Edison)
"I must be on the way to success since I already have the junk". (Me)
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a big pile of junk.” (T. Edison)
"I must be on the way to success since I already have the junk". (Me)
Re: Drive Belt Quick Fix
That's good to know in a pinch.
MCM Electronics sold belts for almost anything (not sure if they still do), and the catalog had a belt gauge along one of the edges where you use standard #2 pencils (Ticonderoga or equiv.) to pull them taught to measure them. You had to subtract something like 10% to account for stretch in aged belts.
-CeaSaR
MCM Electronics sold belts for almost anything (not sure if they still do), and the catalog had a belt gauge along one of the edges where you use standard #2 pencils (Ticonderoga or equiv.) to pull them taught to measure them. You had to subtract something like 10% to account for stretch in aged belts.
-CeaSaR
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Re: Drive Belt Quick Fix
I still got my belt gauge from PRB.
Now Russell Industries; http://russellind.com/downl.htm
Hey Lenp,
There still are Turntable belts available.
Now that Vinyl is making a come back.
You can find replacement belts though; http://www.studiosoundelectronics.com/indexfrm.htm
You just need the brand and model number of the Turntable.
But a lot of places like MatElectronics still carry belts too.
https://www.matelectronics.com/turntable-belts/
Signed: Janitor Tzap
Now Russell Industries; http://russellind.com/downl.htm
Hey Lenp,
There still are Turntable belts available.
Now that Vinyl is making a come back.
You can find replacement belts though; http://www.studiosoundelectronics.com/indexfrm.htm
You just need the brand and model number of the Turntable.
But a lot of places like MatElectronics still carry belts too.
https://www.matelectronics.com/turntable-belts/
Signed: Janitor Tzap
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