Motor belt broken

[Dustyrose61]

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on what would cause the belt to break?
Thank-you,
Dennis

[jsburger]

It is old and dried out?

[Dustyrose61]

It is old and dried out?

Thank-you for the quick reply, I tried to post a picture but it said that it was too big file size.
Yes it looked dried out . I also had too change the off/on switch as well. I was thinking that I didn’t get the dial gear to go on very good at first.
Dennis

[Dustyrose61]

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[JPG]

That is far beyond old and dried out. Dry rotted and crumbly comes to mind.

Do tell us about the dial gear.

[Dustyrose61]

Hi there,
As far as I could see that when I put on the dial in I should have taken the cover off the back of the machine and put the clip on from that side. It’s been awhile since I worked on the machine,so I kind of forgot that. Once I put the clip on properly it worked fine for about a few minutes,by then the damage was done.
Dennis

[JPG]

Hi there,
As far as I could see that when I put on the dial in I should have taken the cover off the back of the machine and put the clip on from that side. It’s been awhile since I worked on the machine,so I kind of forgot that. Once I put the clip on properly it worked fine for about a few minutes,by then the damage was done.
Dennis

Well that explains it!

Yes the back access is much easier!!!

I just did not understand why the dial would be removed to replace the belt.