[Coco] Floppy drive belts

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

try here

http://www.mcmaster.com/#drive-belts/=oovh5i


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 26 September 2013 21:58:25 Brian Blake did opine:
>
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I just received a J&M controller and dual disk drive set up from and
> > ebay auction.
> >
> > The controller has rsdos and jdos and seems work. The floppy drives need
> > help. Both drive belts slip like crazy.
> >
> > Anybody know where to find  replacement drive belts for Shugart SA200
> > drives? Pretty sure these are the original drives for a J&M product.
> >
> > I'm still google searching, but, I figured I'd ask too....
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian
>
> Likely made out of a very expensive grade of unobtainium by now.  I would
> first check to see if the motor is mounted in slots, which would allow its
> bolts to be loosened and slid so as to restore some of the lost tension.
>
> And this might sound crazy, but one of my now head worn Tandon 100-4's also
> suffered from that,  I removed the belt, took 1/16" out of it, then butt
> glued the two ends of the cut back together with superglue.  It worked just
> fine for 3 or 4 years!  Then about 4 years ago I went to upgrade the emc
> install on my milling machines box, but found the cdrom drive's belt that
> opened and closed the drawer had gone slack, so I took about 3/32" out of
> it, and superglued the butt end of that teeny little square section belt
> back together.  Still working just fine.
>
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> Cheers, Gene
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