[SEL] round belting for water pump

Ken Christison christison at coastalnet.com
Fri Mar 30 13:30:54 PDT 2012


Bill,

Not sure about a half inch belt, but you might check with a sewing
machine repairman in your area.  I know I used to be able to get 1/4
inch round belt material from one near here.  I didn't try for any larger
sizes.

Good luck.

Ken

On 3/30/2012 3:46 PM, bill boyce wrote:
> i;m looking for some round belting info,,,, there is a 7 inch dia. by 1/2 inch round belt grove cast into the inside hub of one of the flywheels on my stover 22, from which i plan to drive a water pump . i;ve never used round belting, so i need some guidance here..... what is the best material for this application ? how do you splice it ?  where can i buy it by the foot ? i plan on using a gear pump that has 3/4 inch pipe thread inlet and outlet, with a 5/8 inch shaft,,, how small of a pulley can be used with the 1/2 inch belt ? will the 7 inch drive turn the 2 or 3 inch driven pulley fast enough to move enough water to cool the engine? its a throttler that gets pretty warm, but only runs at about 80 or 90 rpm , so thats going to turn the pump only about 200 or so rpm,,,i dont have any stats on the pump output,,,,,,,,,
> any ideas will be appreciated,,
> bill boyce
> lost prairie, arkansas
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