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Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on November 30, 2004, 05:26 AM:

I have a complete set of 5 spare belts for an Eiki NT, i.e. the two arm belts, the reverse belt, the main drive belt and the motor belt. The motor belt is the amber 'tractor' type used on later projectors, not the round type. Having just obtained an Eiki/B&H 3592, I wondered if I should hang on to some of these. I know the 3592 has completely diferent arm belts, but I'd be grateful if John or someone that knows could tell me if the other 3 NT belts are exactly the same as the ones used in the 3592. They certain look right, but I'd rather not unscrew parts of the 3592 solely in order to try the main drive belt on it!
Adrian

Posted by John Whittle (Member # 22) on November 30, 2004, 03:20 PM:

I think your flat "3V" motor belt will work with your 3592 B&H/Eiki, the arm belts won't (belts from the SL are the same as the SSL/SNT/3592/3585 machines). As for the main drive belt (if you ever need one) might be the same, but all you have to do is count the number of teeth (actually it's printed on the back of the belt so you can easily check that).

So it looks like one (the motor belt) might be worth keeping for the new machine. I'd have to check out the part numbers to be sure. The first three digits of the eiki parts refer to the machine that first used the part (letter in the case of the ST) such as 312 is the RT machine, etc.

John

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on December 01, 2004, 01:15 PM:

John,
Thanks for the information. I checked the back of my spare main drive belt and the only number, apart from '9m/m' was '320 XL', which is far higher than the number of teeth, so I think I may have to count them. Any thoughts on whether the reverse belt is likely to work on both projectors?
I must say that in about 20 years of using Eikis, I've only ever had ONE belt break, which was a round motor belt on a SL-1, so unless you're frequently using a projector, I suppose it's dubious whether it's essential to keep spares of all the belts, particularly if you have a back-up machine.
Adrian

[ December 02, 2004, 05:27 AM: Message edited by: Adrian Winchester ]

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 299) on December 01, 2004, 07:31 PM:

I have a 3592AX. A sweet electronic set-up.

I've got several Eiki's with bad polyurethane belts. Love to get them going again.

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on December 02, 2004, 05:32 AM:

Bruce,
Good to hear that you like the 3592AX - I've just received one from the USA! I think all the belts you need are still available. In case you need a source in the USA, you could try Jim Smith (cinemaflick@hotmail.com). I have not bought anything from him but I know that he has all the ones for the 3592 and SSLs.
Adrian

Posted by John Whittle (Member # 22) on December 03, 2004, 04:15 PM:

Well, there's no reverse belt in the SSL. The NT belt looks like it will fit and SNT but the SSL has a different part number (and a different path in the machine and most likely a different length. Your NT reverse belt will also fir the SNT. So if you later get the self thread slim line (SNT/ENT) you cause use those belts.

John

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