Help: Looking for IBM timing belt replacement.

[Henk Stegeman]

Hi all,

Who can help me with a source for a timing belt for my IBM 5203 line printer ?
The old belt has given up after 13 years...

See: http://home.hccnet.nl/h.j.stegeman/IBMbelt.jpg.

It is a US sized belt:

Tooth pitch:  0.125" (1/8)"   (this pitch size makes it hard to find)
Witdh belt:  0.500"  (1/2)" 
Outer length: 13 inch  (98 tooths) 
Thickness belt: +/-  0.080"  

Finding this belt in Europe is hopeless, all metrical sizes.

Thanks for any reaction / tips that will make printer work again !

Regards 

Henk Stegeman
IBM System/3 owner.