Help/Ideas needed for floppy drive repair (belt) ...

[Peter Dassow]

I need some help getting a new drive belt for my notebook floppy disk
drive (a Citizen W1D). I was a bit surprised to find a belt inside a
3.5" drive, but who knows...
For more details, please visit this (single) blog entry:
http://www.z80.eu/blog/index.php?entry=entry130907-120000
Thank you for any help in advance.

Regards
Peter

[ldkr...@gmail.com]

Peter,
In the USA, MCM Electronics has always carried replacement belts, of several
sizes and shapes (Round, Square, Flat). Most are for Audio/Video devices,
but perhaps you can find one that is close to the original.

http://electronics.mcmelectronics.com/search?cataf=&view=list&w=flat+belt&x=0&y=0

I searched for "Flat Belt" but other terms can be "Turntable Belt | Drive Belts | Flat Belt 16 | 42-650 | Frx23.6 | Belt | 42-610 | Scx3.5"

7 Pages of Flat belts are your choices to wade through. Perhaps you will be lucky, but I doubt it.

http://www.pchub.com/uph/laptop/35-8882-535/Citizen-W1D-Bare-Floppy-Drive.html

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CITIZEN-W1D-LR102061-3-5-FLOPPY-DISK-DRIVE-NEW-/110923691630


NOTE: Some old Compaq laptops used a similar floppy drive.


Larry

[ldkr...@gmail.com]

Peter,
You might contact Ken at:
http://www.kenselectronics.com/index.html
http://www.kenselectronics.com/lists/belts.htm

and see if he has a suitable replacement.

Larry

[Peter Dassow]

I will check it, thx. Unfortunately (for this case) I live in Europe so
postal charges will be enormous if something is send from the U.S. ...
Also, the value in total for the notebook, even with a working diskette
drive, will be below a single replacement drive (e.g. from pchub),
regardless of the postal charges on top.
I guess I have to try out some tape desk replacement belts which are
also offered in Ebay Europe.

Regards
Peter

[ldkr...@gmail.com]

Peter,
I also found this information:
http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/drivebelts.html

http://www.kenselectronics.com/lists/belts.htm#Flat
http://www.kenselectronics.com/index.html

Looks as if the best way to go is to locate a used drive somewhere.

Larry