Craig said > I would like to have both the drives in my HP 9895A working. Since flat belts > for old equipment are becoming nearly impossible to find, has anyone had > success replacing a flat belt with a toothed? Either by reversing the belt > or by also replacing the pulleys? Or by the installation of an idler pully to correct for belt stretch? Have you tried a mechanical parts supplier such as Stock Drive Products? for instance Metric range of flat belts http://www.sdp-si.com/PDFS/Flat-Belts-and-Pulleys-Metric.pdf Imperial range of flat belts http://www.sdp-si.com/PDFS/Flat-Belts-and-Pulleys-Inch.pdf McMaster-Carr if you are in the US https://www.mcmaster.com/#flat-drive-belts/=18mscic >From a quick search there are also various sizes of flat belts on eBay, for >audiophiles restoring old tape decks.
Steve.
