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Catherine Jo Morgan
| | Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 9:40 am: | |
The belt on my 25-lb. Little Giant is getting more than frayed. It's starting to rip across. I need to fix it and am baffled. The existing belt has big staples fastening it together. If there's a way to get a replacement belt that staples like that, I wouldn't have to take apart the whole top of the Little Giant - which I really really don't want to do. It's not a big problem to loosen the motor mount to give leeway to tighten the belt once it's on (although I'd have to work through some layers of paint to loosen the bolts.) That would be much better than taking apart the whole thing.
Does anyone know how to find this kind of belt, and how to get hold of the tool and staples to secure it to the right length?
Catherine Jo Morgan
Morgan Sculpture
Iron and mixed media vessels
cjmorgan@hemc.net
706-754-3812
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Dave Mudge (Dave)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 10:17 am: | |
Look further on the ABANA website under "Resources" then under "Supplier Search"
type in "belting" you will get two listings.
the short cut to that page is here:
http://www.abana.org/resources/suppliers/suppliers.html
The "staples" are really called "lacing" those companys will sell that as well.
You could also do a GOOGLE search, http://google.com type in "industrial belting" you will get about 30,000 answers. good luck. |
Steve White (Skunkriv)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 11:14 am: | |
Catherine-There is a tool that clamps and closes the lacing to either end of the belt. You then install the belt and a pin holds the ends together. Kind of like a hinge pin. You can have the belt made up somewhere and then put it together at home. I see these clamps and the lacing fairly often still at farm sales in Iowa. I run v-belts on my little giant so I have never purchased one. You may have luck going to an implement store (tractor dealer) if you have such in your area. Try to find one that has been in existence a long time, these things tend to get thrown away when they move.
You may also try a web search to find a club or group of antique engine and tractor collectors in your area. These people still use a lot of flat-belt driven equipment. |
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