On Wed, 04 May 2005 06:53:02 GMT, T i m wrote:

Thanks for that .. I think a bit of string wrapped round the belt path
then measured may be more accurate in this case as the drive motor is
pretty close to the platter flange? The 'issues' may be having
sufficient choice of lengths and knowing what is the 'correct'
tension?

Hi,

This page has some avice on sizing:

http://www.goodwins-online.co.uk/index.php?product=turntables&prod_name=Turntable%2 0Belts&list=2

and some info on Hitachi belts which may help he

http://www.turntablebasics.com/belts/hitachi.html
http://www.turntablebasics.com/beltmodels.html

you must know someone near a Maplins shop that could put one in the
post, their stock check facility can help out here too.

cheers,
Pete.