Re: Suggestion on shrinking a small rubber belt?
- From: "Steve Barker" <ichasetrains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:55:38 -0500
You're kidding right? http://www3.sears.com/
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Steve Barker
"trader-of-some-jacks" <tradejack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My vacuum cleaner has an attachment that has a small beater brush. The
brush is driven by the airflow from the vacuum itself, turning a wheel
that pulls a small rubber drive belt, that turns the beater brush.
The brush hasn't been turning lately, even after I disassembled the
attachment and cleaned and lubed the friction points.
When I started analyzing things, it turns out that the belt has
stretched out to the point of uselessness.
I'm sure that Sears would sell me a new attachment for $50. I'm sure
that with a lot of homework, I could find a replacement belt, but I'm
not really in the mood to do that homework.
So my quick and dirty cut at making this work is built around the hope
that I can somehow shrink the belt. It's maybe six inches in
circumference and fairly thin. Is there something I can soak it in, or
heat it or cool it to reduce the size? I'm thinking that a quarter to
half-inch reduction in circumference will more than adequately do the
trick.
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