Trouble finding the right belt for vintage Kenmore 158.152 sewing machine
 

I’m fixing my grandmothers old sewing machine. It hasn’t worked for years and I told her I would fix it up for her. It just had a bad switch.
However, the belt is shot.

After looking up the owners manual I see the part number is 60902, which isn’t available, but that number is listed as a replaced part number.

Anyway, they all are for 14.5” or 14.75” belts.

when I cut the old belt and measured it, it was 19.5” long.

So do I just buy a 19.5” belt and not worry about it?

I’m just wondering what I’m missing here.

thanks for any help and advice.

Welcome. We have a section here on Quilting Board that is for Vintage machine enthusiast at https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintag...thusiasts-f22/

I initially thought that was a very long length for a sewing machine belt. I found that indeed the 158.152 does take a long belt - possibly 60904. It was nice that you had one to measure. I found https://www.sewingmachinedepot.com/l...otor-belt-fits and https://www.amazon.com/19-3-Positrac.../dp/B0711N2NVF and https://www.vintagesingerparts.com/p...aces-part-6914

Maybe you would like to join us over at https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintag...thusiasts-f22/ and post some pictures of your grandmother's machine.

We like pictures. In order to post pictures on Quilting Board, you will probably need to reduce or compress the picture to a file size that is smaller than 2MB. How to post images can be found at https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...020-01-17-.pdf
Don't forget to scroll over to the far right to find and click on the "Upload" button.

I have found that only the big red "Reply" button or "Quote" work to give me the paper clip icon to work for adding pictures.
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Some additional info regarding reducing images at post #4 and images for the scroll and upload button can be found at #5 of https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...d-t312607.html

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