Help replacing a belt on Sansui FR-1080 Turntable

[Great Deceiver]

My Sansui Fr-1080 turntable stopped working (the platter does not spin) so I thought there might be a problem with the belt. So I lifted off the platter and I guess I was not paying attention, thinking it would be easy to replicate, but I took off the belt and I cannot remember how to put it back.

Is there anyway for me to figure out how to do this without a manual, since I don't have one? Was the problem that the belt somehow came off or that it is old and too stretched out? I never really had to fix this on my turntable, so many technical aspects of my TT I am ignorant of :o Damn CD induced laziness!

Any help would be appreciated!

[OakBarrel]

Did you determine that the motor still runs?

[Great Deceiver]

Yep the drive shaft which using a selector moves the belt between the 45 and 33 RPM sections still is running

[Lord Hawthorne]

The new belt should fit snugly around the platter's underside drum. Lower the platter with the mat off, and one finger extended down through a hole in the platter, under the belt. Once the platter is in place, pull the belt toward the pulley guide and around the motor capstan.

[BradOlson]

Turntable belts can be bought at Needle Doctor, KAB USA, etc.

[Great Deceiver]

Great! Lord Hawthorne, that works and makes much more sense now. Thanks everyone, yes the old belt is worn out and stretched. I'll check out those places to get a replacement

[Rolf Erickson]

Great! Lord Hawthorne, that works and makes much more sense now. Thanks everyone, yes the old belt is worn out and stretched. I'll check out those places to get a replacement

I keep a few new belts in stock for most brands and models of tables. I stock the 23.6" and 21.4" and 20.7". I can send them in the U.S.A for $9.00 shipped each total. Write me if interested. Rolf.


The image is of a smaller belt for tape decks. But is similar except for circumference.