Replacement
flat section neoprene rubber drive belts available in popular sizes to fit many hi-fi turntables
and other diverse units; eg Revox A77, B77 &
PR99 Mk1 tape recorders, cassette decks, Walkman, CD
/ DVD / XBox door tray drives, VCRs,
tools, models and toys.
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For most Japanese decks (full platter):
1.
Remove the rubber mat and lift off the platter (most hubs just lift off, some require the removal of a circlip at the
spindle).
2. Turn the platter over and measure the circumference of
the hub (red
line in the photo). The belt needs to be tight enough to hold on the
inner hub
with minimal stretching so deduct 5 - 10mm from the circumference to
calculate the right length.
The motor pulley
offset should not be added to the equation as this stretch provides the
correct drive tension for the belt.
3. Fit the belt on the hub and replace the hub on the spindle.
4. Rotate the
hub until one of the inspection holes is above the motor pulley. Grasp
the belt and hook it over the pulley and through the speed changer
mechanism (this stretch gives the belt the correct drive tension).
5. Check
that the deck runs with no fouling, replace the mat and you're ready.
For a transcription turntable (split platter):
1.
Remove the rubber/felt mat and lift off only the outer ring section of
the platter.
2. Use a piece of string to measure the total distance round
the hub and motor. Then deduct 3 to 5% (typically 18-30mm) to give the
correct drive tension.
3.
Fit the belt on the hub and place the outer platter
upside down on the hub to check that the belt runs with no
fouling.
4. Then turn the platter the right way up, replace the mat and you're ready.
If
you still have the old belt:
This is the least accurate way to replace your belt and is not
recommended.
When measuring an old belt, remember it has certainly stretched with age
like a rubber band, so you will need to replace it with a slightly smaller one. The problem is
that there is no way of knowing how much it has stretched.
If you are unable to measure your
hub (red
line in the photo)
circumference, measure the diameter and use the table above, which uses
the equation: C (circumference) = Pi x D (diameter).
Pi = 3.141592 (abbreviated). Click here to learn more about
Pi
All measurements shown are approximate given the elastic nature of neoprene rubber drive belts, measured internal, flat and non-stretched.
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Price: All
belts are £7.58 + 0.75
(UK p&p) + VAT @ 20% =
£10
(except specials) Free exchange guarantee. If you buy a belt which does not work because it is the wrong size, you can return it to us (with a self-addressed envelope) for a free exchange for a belt of a different size.
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other drive belts: round section, square section. |
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Cartridge link leads |
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Phono pre-amps to connect your turntable to an amp or PC with a line input |
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USB converters
to digitise your vinyl via your PC or laptop. Filters, recording and other Hi-Fi accessories |
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Dr Know's helpful advice for diagnosing and servicing your turntable and cartridge. |
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VIDEO HELP. See how quick and easy it is to change your drive belt in Bobby Crabtree's helpful video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTJd_WbEhEs |
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| Order code | Diameter | Circumference | Width |
| Flat Section | (internal) | (internal) | |
| BELTD21 | 21mm | 66mm | 4mm |
| BELT1 | 27mm | 85mm | 1mm |
| BELT2 | 31.5mm | 99mm | 3mm |
| BELT2.5 | 53.5mm | 168mm | 4mm |
| BELT3 | 58.5mm | 184mm | 3mm |
| BELT3.5 | 66mm | 207mm | 4.8mm |
| BELT4 | 69mm | 217mm | 3mm |
| BELT5 | 71mm | 223mm | 2.8mm |
| BELT6 | 72mm | 226mm | 3.5mm |
| BELT7 | 77mm | 242mm | 4.1mm |
| BELT8 | 79mm | 248mm | 2.8mm |
| BELT9 | 81mm | 254mm | 3.5mm |
| BELT10 | 88mm | 276mm | 4mm |
| BELT11 | 93.5mm | 294mm | 5mm |
| BELT12 | 99mm | 308mm | 6mm |
| BELT13 | 108mm | 339mm | 5.2mm |
| BELT14 | 111mm | 350mm | 6mm |
| BELT15 | 122mm | 383mm | 6mm |
| BELT17 | 126mm | 395mm | 3mm |
| BELT18 | 135mm | 424mm | 4.5mm |
| BELT22 | 156mm | 492mm | 5mm |
| BELT23 | 158mm | 496mm | 5mm |
| BELT24 | 162mm | 512mm | 5mm |
| BELT245 | 165mm | 520mm | 6mm |
| BELT25 | 169mm | 530mm | 5mm |
| BELT27 | 172mm | 540mm | 5mm |
| BELT29 | 176mm | 552mm | 5mm |
| BELT32 | 187mm | 590mm | 6mm |
| BELT34 | 189mm | 594mm | 5mm |
| BELT36 | 192mm | 603mm | 4.2mm |
| BELT3315 | 194mm | 608mm | 5mm |
| BELT38 | 196mm | 616mm | 5mm |
| BELT39 | 199mm | 628mm | 6mm |
| BELT41 | 203mm | 638mm | 5mm |
| BELT43 | 206mm | 647mm | 5.6mm |
| BELT435 | 209mm | 652mm | 5mm |
| BELT44 | 210mm | 660mm | 5mm |
| BELT45 | 217mm | 681mm | 5mm |
| BELT46 | 219mm | 688mm | 6mm |
| BELT465 | 307mm | 966mm | 6mm |
| SPECIALS | |||
| BELT04 £14.95 + VAT | 277mm | 870mm | 6mm |
| This belt is known to fit: Aiwa PXE770, PX-E800, Fisher MT75, Luxman PD300, Mitsubishi LT10V, Philips, Pioneer PL50A, Sonab 75S, 85S, Yamaha CS50P | |||
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Unsolicited Customer Quotes:
"Just wanted to thank you for the quick and efficient delivery of my recent order. With this new Belt I have been able to bring back into service a high quality Pioneer CT-506 Cassette Player, which must be at least 35 years old! Hopefully the other belts will hold up – if not I’ll be back to you for the others! Regards, R Clapton (11/03/13)
"Many thanks for the
T38 drive belt. All working perfectly.
Great service from your company" Kind regards.
G J,
East Stoke Nottinghamshire
(06/03/13)
"Eureka the
belt fits I had obviously got the measurement to within the
correct tolerances for the belt to grip
"Hi
there, Just wanted to say the turntable belt arrived
very quickly and I managed to attach it okay. It is the
perfect size! Thanks so much for your help, my trusty
Pioneer record player is as good as new. All thanks to
your great online measurement guide! All the best," C
Milhench (17/11/12)
"Hi, Many thanks for your excellent efficient service. The replacement belt is working well. Regards" C. Cox (15/06/2012) "Many thanks for the excellent customer service. I will gladly buy from you again. Best Regards", J Houston (07/04/2012) "To thank you for the excellent turnaround on the item I purchased on Tuesday January 3rd. - an item which I ordered on your advice. It was delivered on Monday 9th. which, considering that Friday 6th was a national holiday here in Spain was sooner than I expected. The item is working perfectly. Many thanks". E Robinson (11/01/2012) "Many thanks I now have a double deck which no longer crumples my tapes exelent service a pleasure to have been served by you". O. Clark (07/12/2011) "BELT-25 received this morning and seems to be exactly right. Many thanks". Georges (28/11/2011) "Dear GB Audio, I just wanted to let you know that the drive belt I ordered (BELT12) is now fitted and working perfectly in the 8-track car stereo that I was restoring". J Siddons (28/11/2011) "Dear Sir, This is to acknowledge receipt of drive belt 10 and to thank you for such prompt service. This belt has enabled me to bring back to life my old TEAC A-400 Stereo Cassette Deck in which the original drive belt had disintegrated. I was unable to locate any references for an exact replacement, however your site advice regarding method of calculating the belt length etc., enabled me to establish the nearest equivalent from your list of drive belts. Thank you again. Yours faithfully, F.D.Stewart. (24/10/2011) "I sent off my order form for a replacement turntable drive belt on Tuesday; on Thursday it arrived. Followed very clear instructions to get the right size drive belt; new one works perfectly. An exemplary service. Thanks" J Rizq (14/09/2011) "That's brilliant! Thank you so much for the excent and speedy service. Best wishes," L. England. (03/09/2011) "Thanks for the easy to use website" P. Collins (05/07/2011) "Nice one, left message on Sunday, GB Audio called me back just after 9am on Monday, had drivebelt and turntable up and running on Tuesday. Couldn't have been easier or faster. Loved the Replacement Drive Belt selection table and guide, superb: http://www.gbaudio.co.uk/data/belts.htm H Wood" (12/04/2011)"Thank you for the speedy service. I ordered the belt yesterday over the telephone and received it this morning. It works and fits well. Regards D Ewers" (22/03/2011) "Many thanks for your help , the band arrived and fitted perfectly. My elderly father is now happily listening to Bach again! Cheers Ellen" (12/03/2011) "Thank you GB audio, great service, only a replacement drive belt but arrived first class post next morning, have deck working again after a very long time. Already singing your praises. D Terry" (01/02/2011) "Dear GB Audio, Many thanks for your prompt assistance in resolving my situation with regards to my Ariston RD 80 record deck. The belt arrived this morning much to my surprise and is now installed and playing quite nicely. I think the choice of belt was just about spot on, by the time it's bedded in, I'm not sure it would have taken the next size up. Once again thanks for great service. Best regards. JP Southward" (27/01/2011) "Hi GB Audio person! Just quick note to say thanks very much for the drive belt which arrived safely today. I’m not sure which one of you I’ve been dealing with, but the service has been top class. You correctly predicted that a BELT29 would be the one for my deck (it was) when I couldn’t figure it out from the chart ... and then got the belt here in just a couple of days. As I write, I’m sitting here listening to vinyl that hasn’t had a needle through the grooves in years – all thanks to you. G Brown" (15/03/2010) "Found your excellent website whilst searching for a turntable drive belt for my Pioneer system. Unlike most on-line sales places your way of explaining about belt sizes and how to measure the turntable seems very logical and fool-proof". (09/03/2010) "Hello GB Audio, Just a line to thank you for the very quick service and for taking the trouble to provide a website where we could easily identify the correct belt for our video machine. We are involved mainly in services for bands such as recording, PAT testing, video, photography and now there seems to be a demand for transferring VHS tapes to DVD, hence the need to keep our VHS machine working! Thanks again we will keep details of your website and recommend it to our customers if the occasion should arrise. GWM" (09/03/2010) "Hi Guys, I ordered my Sansui Sr222 MK2 TT belt yesterday - it arrived at 9:30 this morning. I was up-and-running inside 5 minutes. Fantastic service! Let's hope this one lasts 30 years too ... Cheers, P Grogan, Dronfield" (06/03/2010) "Hi there, The belt arrived yesterday - overnight delivery first class post. It fits a treat and works perfectly. What can I say but great service and thank you. Paul B" (14/01/2010) "I would just like to say that when I did a uk google search (drive belt), your site was the easiest to use and understand, with good, clear insructions. I especially liked the link to Pi, it made me smile. Best wishes, Ben UK" (26/03/2009) "Hello, Just to let you know how impressed I was with your prompt service! I sent you the order form for a replacement drive belt on Thursday, and on Saturday the belt arrived. That is faster than any online order I have ever done. The belt fits perfectly and I can now listen to my records again for the first time since I moved to England 17 years ago. Anyway, thanks again for a great service. Regards, Martin, UK" (18/03/2009)
"Hi, Just received
drive belt in this morning's post. It works a treat too! Thank
you for great service. Regards, Adrian, Kendal" (07/03/2009)
"Replacement belt received in Spain within 3 days. Old Pioneer Turn table doing the rounds once again. Thankyou for your assistance and prompt service. From R J M" (27/02/2009) "To Sales at GB.Audio, Many Thanks for your quick and prompt service the drive belt for my pioneer PL112D turntable fits perfectly so no I can now proceed to transfer all my vinyl collection to Cd. I was most impressed how fast the delivery arrived it was less than 24Hrs. Once again many thanks for the excellent service. Regards, John", UK (06/02/2009) "Just a quick "thankyou"
for a turnround on my order of under 24hours. The belt arrived this
lunchtime & the turntable works perfectly now! Thanks for the help
getting the turntable off the spindle. Great service. cheers, Peter"
(19/11/2008). "many thanks for the quick delivery - turntable belt fitted, working perfectly so my thirty year old NAD 101 still going strong! best regards Russell", Tonbridge, Kent (2008) "Many thanks for great service. Drivebelt for turntable arrived this morning, after ordering yesterday afternoon. It fits perfectly, so for your information, should you ever get another enquiry about a belt for a Strathclyde Transcription Development turntable ( STD 305 model ), then belt no. 24 is the correct one. May get back to you about a cartridge sometime in the future. Thanks again! Ian" (01/11/2007) "Thank you for the very quick delivery of my turntable belt.. i received a phone call from you at 1830 hrs , spoke to a very helpful gentleman, who took all the information, and the following day the belt arrived in the post.. will probably need a new stylus shortly, so will be contacting you again shortly... in the meantime many thanks... excellent service.... regards Gary" (2007) "Hi, I ordered 2 drive belts for a Pioneer PL12D deck from you at about 5.00 pm yesterday (Wednesday) evening by phone. I've arrived home this evening to find them delivered among my post today. I know it's not a large item but that is amazing service - if only other suppliers could be as efficient as you. Many thanks and well done. Bernie" (07/06/2007)
"I initially found your
website via Google search, probably using the string "turntable belt
replacement". There were a few options, but your site is the most
informative and reassuring of correct ordering.
Regards, Steve" (2004).
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 We have neoprene, rubber
drive belts to fit most models of CD, DVD, VCR, cassette, walkman, open
reel, tape, 8 track, video, turntable manufactured by AR, Acoustic Research, Aiwa,
Akai, Alba, Alesis, Alphason, Ampro, Arcam, Ariston, A-T, Atari, Aurex,
Audio-Technica, B&O, Bang and Olufsen, Bauer, Binatone, Blaupunkt, BSR, Bush, Citronic,
Cloud, Continuo, Cranfield, Crown, Daewoo, Decimo, Denon, Diango,
Discomaster, Discomatic, Dual, Dunlop, Dynatron, Eagle, Echo, Eclipse,
ELF, Elite, Fisher, Fons, Fostex, Garrard, Gemini, Goldring, Grundig, Harman, Harman Kardon,
Heybrook, Hitachi, i-Symphony, ITT, Jones, Jukebox, JVC, KB, Kenwood, Kerzo, Kuzma, Leak, Legend,
Leica, Leitz, Lenco, LG,
Linn, Logic, Luxman, Manticore, Marantz, Marconiphone, Maytion, Micro-Seiki,
Micromega, Mitsubishi, Murphy, NAD,
National, Numark, Onkyo, Optimus, Optonica, Origin, Otari, Panasonic,
Pencrest, Philips, Pink Triangle,
Pioneer, Project, PT, Pye, QED, Radiomobile, Real Sound, Realistic, Rega, Revolver,
Revox, Roksan,
Rollei, Rotel, Samsung, Sansui, Sanyo, Sharp, Schneider, Scott, Silver,
Sinclair, Soundlab, Source, Sonab, Sony, Sovereign, STD, Stelohone, Sunday
Times, Systemdeck, Tascam, Teac, Technics, Telefunken, Teleton, Tensai, Thorens, Toshiba,
Trio, Umica, Wien, Vega, Vyger, Yamaha. |
