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You need a belt one inch wide or slightly less. A six rib serpentine belt happens to be 7/8" wide. Perfect. 48" plus another six inches or so for the scarf joint was needed so one about 5 feet long was selected.
The belt (wince) was cut. Then practice skiving the ends. A table belt sander was used. It worked great on the first try so I cut it to length and prepared it for gluing.
Loctite "Glue for all plastics" for gluing teflon was used. Use plenty of the activator on both sides, going over it several times. After letting the activator sit for the recommended time, apply a generous amount of glue to one side, put the ends together as straight as possible and quickly clamp it up.
After letting it sit for 1/2 hour, try it out. Leave the old belt in place but push it out of the way. Leave it there for a few days just to be on the safe side. Put the belt with the ribs in as that side is of grippier material and besides, that's the way it is supposed to run.
It runs very quietly with no noise. There is the slightest periodic bump sound only on the highest speed cone pulley but no vibration that can be felt at all. On the other speeds there is no trace of the joint going over the pulleys.
This is a very easy project and cost me about $23 US for the new belt and a small amount of the glue, maybe $2 worth. It took all of 30 minutes.
Belt ends ready for gluing:
Glued and setting:
The inside of the scarf joint:
The outside of the joint:
The belt (wince) was cut. Then practice skiving the ends. A table belt sander was used. It worked great on the first try so I cut it to length and prepared it for gluing.
Loctite "Glue for all plastics" for gluing teflon was used. Use plenty of the activator on both sides, going over it several times. After letting the activator sit for the recommended time, apply a generous amount of glue to one side, put the ends together as straight as possible and quickly clamp it up.
After letting it sit for 1/2 hour, try it out. Leave the old belt in place but push it out of the way. Leave it there for a few days just to be on the safe side. Put the belt with the ribs in as that side is of grippier material and besides, that's the way it is supposed to run.
It runs very quietly with no noise. There is the slightest periodic bump sound only on the highest speed cone pulley but no vibration that can be felt at all. On the other speeds there is no trace of the joint going over the pulleys.
This is a very easy project and cost me about $23 US for the new belt and a small amount of the glue, maybe $2 worth. It took all of 30 minutes.
Belt ends ready for gluing:
Glued and setting:
The inside of the scarf joint:
The outside of the joint:
