split fan belt

[mattg]

Hi, I'm working on a 1917 Metz and trying to find someone who sells a fan belt that splits to install rather then a continuous belt. The (streched)belt on the car has a series of looped staples and a cotter pin joining the 2 ends.

Matt Virginia Beach

[Guest Albert]

We use those type of end on conveyor belting..

[Restorer32]

McMaster-Carr Supply Co.

[Guest De Soto Frank]

That kind of end-to-end belt connection, that looks like two "combs" locked together with a hinge-pin is called a "buckle", and is exactly what is used in conveyor belts and flat machine belting.

If all else fails you, try contacting Akron Belting in Ohio: they made-up a nice new flat-belt for my 1910 Seneca-Falls engine lathe...

Good luck !

[Guest Ken G]

Yes, McMaster-Carr. See photograph, not my Rover 16/50 but someone else's whose photograph I happened to have on my computer. Mine looks the same. This belt seems to work fine, and can be divided anywhere merely with a pair of pliers.

Ken G, 1925 Rover 16/50 (San Francisco)

[Diners]

You might want to join the Metz Discussion group. You may find your answers there.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MetzAuto/