I get my belts at
turntableneedles.com. They have a wide selection of belts and a good
cross reference.
Oh, and they carry turntable needles too.
Now if only they had the hard-find-spring i'm looking for. ;)
Rich Cini
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On May 31, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Jules Richardson <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com>
wrote:
I seem to collect more bits of vintage hi-fi equipment than I do computers these days
(they're much easier to find around here)...
Anyway, I've got an early-'70s receiver with a built-in 8-track deck where its
drive belt has turned to black goo in the same way that QIC drive pinch rollers often seem
to do (and oh how that stuff gets everywhere). Exact part replacements by manufacturer /
model are unsurprisingly unavailable - but I expect that the belt material is the same
composition as that used for e.g. floppy drive spindle belts (or at the very least, floppy
drive belt material would work nicely).
So... I could measure the pulley diameters and spacing, but does anyone know of somewhere
that sells such belts by length/width rather than "this is a belt for xyz"?
(and, if such a place even exists, do I need to correct for belt stretch, or is that
factored into the sizing already?)
cheers
Jules