"Tony" wrote in message
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best idea is not to cut the old belts, take them off the deck (make
careful notes as you disassemble) and go to an electronics spares shop
(check yellow pages). show them the belts and they'll try to find a
match, as most belts are sold this way. companies like Molgar have a
catalogue with belt sizes which most shops use.
-B

Best idea is to get the correct replacedment, if you can. Otherwise,
remember that the old belts will be very stretched compared to new ones.
After all, they are only being replaced because they don't work properly,
so getting new ones that are just like the old ones is not a good idea.
But if you get belts that are too short, it will be difficult to fit them
and they might tend to roll off the pulleys.
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Tony W
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As far as replacing any cassette belts go, your best friend is a dentist's
pick. These can actually be purchased as an electronic tool, but dentists do
throw away the genuine article when they get a bit blunt - if you can live
with all the hurt and distress that little tool has caused ...

If you spend a bit of time studying the mech before pitching in there with
your screwdriver ( and possibly winding up with a bunch of springs and
levers on your bench, not to mention the spring that flies off into the
cat's mouth and gets lost for ever !! ), you will often find a way to
replace the belts with no dismantling at all. Sometimes, all that's required
is to gently lever a plate or other piece of mech out of the way by using a
little screwdriver ' persuasion ' whilst feeding the new belt through the
gap thus created. If you haven't gone mad about it, the displaced piece will
go back just where it came from. The belt can then be picked up and dropped
on the appropriate pullies using the dentist pick.

Also, look out for little plastic pillars sticking out from the flywheel
bearing plate, that seem to have no apparent function. These are often
positioned to allow the belt to be put on in a configuration which allows
easy reassembly. The belt can then be ' flicked ' off the pillars onto the
otherwise impossible pulley below.

Good luck

Arfa