[bert]

GWIZ NO THE EARTH QUAKE WAS NT ME GETTING A BELT FOR ME OLE M1

[Gwiz]

fantastic news! you must let me know where from. i may very well buy a couple in case some one else needs one in a hurry.
was it from the bearing place mentioned in the last post?

[bert]

my son in manchester knows someone who's got an M1 spare or repair & the belts ok. we was going up there any way weekend, so will be able to bring it back.Im still trying bearing companies,if [no] when i get one il let you no  

[bert]

gwiz got me rotavator home.hope the belt last for a couple of seasons.till i can sort this belt thing out. it dont seem possible. that these machines,briggs&stratton engine is perfect except for this silly bit of rubber. Show's how desperate i am i've bought some industrial super clue of the tv selling channel wot reckens clues fan belts shows  them tugging at a piece of rubber 20 quid (now do ya no how desperate i am)    

[Gwiz]

if it were me, i would take the belt off and punt it around a few motor factors/ belt specialists before it snaps.
try to get a kevlar replacement,bert, it will last a lot longer.
hope you have fun with it, beter than digging, if you ask me!!

[bert]

cheers good idea  

[Bigbadfrankie]

hi bert, i cannot read the belt on my m1 but i had 2 that went on but were to tight. the spec on the is A25 13x830 so if you got a 13x880(section X  length) you should be OK. try to get it from some one willing to exchange if you need a shorter one.

[bert]

hi no the belt i need is a 13mmx400mm i've had 3 different bearing companies,saying they ve got me one but when i get there its miles to big  one of them said the smallest they do is a A16 but thats to big as well.Im trying to look for some old gardening tool repair shops thats got some old stock or who knows the equivaliant .

[Bigbadfrankie]

I cannot understand how your engine can be so much closer to the drive pulley. And that is the only reason you would need a belt of only 400 diameter. Hell the pulleys must be 200mm each plus the clutch jockey you have to need a belt 800-900mm for it to work.

[bert]

hi  there is only one belt on mine that is the clutch belt there are no pulley belts when me daughter comes up tomorrow il get her to do a photo so's you can see.Im no good at that .

[bert]

Hi could 'nt suss the photo thing out.But about this rotavator, its a mountfield patented vee disc clutch.The belt sits tight on the vee disc and is sandwiched between another vee disc on the engine side. there are no pulleys or adjusters. In my hand book it shows a clever idea what mountfield come up with [if you could still get the belts]Its to put the engine of the cultavator straight onto a M1 lawnmower base with out altering anything. Its swopped over by un doing one wing nut,and pulling out one spring pin.I got my industrial super clue and up to now the belt i made is still holding.makes life a bit easier.  

[Bigbadfrankie]

I (my wife) has just found our instruction book for our M1. So I will scan it and e mail it to you and John, he might put it up on the site. I have just got a new computer and as yet not installed the scanner so it will be a few days.