GP 40 posted:Alex M posted:Bob posted:Alex, it is helpful to the operation of this accessory if you paint the big black pulley at the top with something like rubber cement or Bullfrog Snot before installing the belt. Of course, let it dry first!
The belt tends to slip and you want the pulley to grip it better.
Good luck!
Hi Bob,
Thank you for the valuable information.The original belt isn't actually broken it just slips , I will try painting the pulley with what you've suggested and see how it operates better.
Thanks very much, Alex
As another option, I applied a strip of double sided cellophane tape to the large pulley. It has been working fine for around 7 years now......
C.J.
Still another option, which I used as a teenager when mine started slipping, is to move the belt off the slippery black pulley, put a rubber band (of the size and thickness that the mailman sometimes uses when you get a lot of envelopes) onto the pulley, and put the red belt back on top of the rubber band. The advantage of this approach is that it still grips as well as the other suggestions but there are no permanent alterations to the piece.
Also, I have replaced the cloth belt … and it's kind of a pain … or at least it was difficult because I wasn't very adroit as a teenager. IIRC, you need to use something hot to melt the glue strip where the belt joins onto itself (i.e., they ship it to you as a ribbon because it needs to be threaded through the rollers). I used the my mom's iron (where the iron comes to a point) on the belt. I pressed down hard on the steel area just before where the belt reaches the pulley on the theory that the stamped steel could withstand the heat whereas the black plastic pulley might not.
Good luck with it. I'm sure many would be interested to hear how your replacement goes....
Steven J. Serenska
