Help: Looking for IBM timing belt replacement.

[Jim Battle]

Henk Stegeman wrote:

> 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.

Henk, I don't know if they have it exactly, but they might.  Try 
McMaster-Carr:
	http://www.mcmaster.com/
search for "timing belt" and go from there.

Good luck.