Belts for vintage machines

Old 03-04-2013, 12:11 PM
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Recently Joe posted some info regarding belts for vintage machines. He mentioned the proper belt to use. Here are pics to the two types I have, one from Featherweight (flat)and one from my 15-91 (round rubber). [ATTACH=CONFIG]399767[/ATTACH]I think that is what it is-a Japanese clone.) Which one is the proper one? Thank you for any info you can give me. I really appreciate your help.
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The round rubber one is not great for motors. The one on the left is good. Lug belts are good too.
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The V-belt puts much less tension on the motor bushings than the round rubber belt. The 15 clone didn't come with that round rubber band belt. It came with a V-Belt. Those rubber band belts came along later as a cheap and quick way to put a belt on the machines. They put a constant heavy load on the motor shaft bushings and can cause and accelerate wear on those parts.

The belt on the left is correct and preferred.

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Candace and Joe,

Thanks for the info, I will be ordering some for my machines. Now that I know how to post pics I want to show my vintage machines. Should I do it on this thread or is there someplace else it should go?
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