Rebel 17 Tumbler drive belts

**Kouros** · 04-05-2024, 15:18

Good afternoon,
Does any of the members know where I can find drive belts for the Rebel 17 wet tumbler in South Africa?

Kind Regards

**oafpatroll** · 04-05-2024, 16:05

Originally Posted by Kouros

Good afternoon,
Does any of the members know where I can find drive belts for the Rebel 17 wet tumbler in South Africa?

Kind Regards

What sort of belt is it, i.e. V, toothed, round?

**zguy** · 04-05-2024, 16:23

You can buy round urthethane belt material to make your own custom one. Just get the diameter of the existing one, get a meter or 2 of belt material and go for it. Youtube will show you a few ways to melt and join the ends.

https://za.rs-online.com/web/c/mecha...e-round-belts/

**Kouros** · 04-05-2024, 16:53

It's a round one.

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**Kouros** · 04-05-2024, 16:55

Originally Posted by zguy

You can buy round urthethane belt material to make your own custom one. Just get the diameter of the existing one, get a meter or 2 of belt material and go for it. Youtube will show you a few ways to melt and join the ends.

https://za.rs-online.com/web/c/mecha...e-round-belts/

Thank you. I will try that. The existing one has stretched too much and keeps on sliding. Any idea who would stock urethane belt material?

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**Kouros** · 04-05-2024, 16:56

Sorry, I only saw the link now.

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**gbvl** · 05-05-2024, 19:40

I bought some nitrile O-ring cord of the same diameter from my local Bearingman and the adhesive that comes in the Q-Bond kits works well to join the O-ring cord. I found that cutting the cord at a 45 degree angle to get more surface area for the adhesive bond works best.

**zguy** · 05-05-2024, 20:00

Originally Posted by gbvl

I bought some nitrile O-ring cord of the same diameter from my local Bearingman and the adhesive that comes in the Q-Bond kits works well to join the O-ring cord. I found that cutting the cord at a 45 degree angle to get more surface area for the adhesive bond works best.

I believe regular superglue works a treat too. And i think Bearing man will be easier and cheaper than RS components.

**oafpatroll** · 05-05-2024, 20:17

Originally Posted by zguy

I believe regular superglue works a treat too. And i think Bearing man will be easier and cheaper than RS components.

It's hard to be more expensive than RS but they do have a lot of stuff. Depending on the length you need and if there's a bit of adjustment room available it's not impossible that there's an o ring that will work. I've used off the shelf o rings for low power drive band applications on a couple of projects in the post.