Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Replacement belt for Eiki EX-2000A

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Posted by Marc Syp (Member # 1228) on 04-13-2013, 07:10 PM:

Hello,

Trying to get my EX-2000A projectors back up and running so I can sell them to a loving home. This one has got a belt missing, everything else works like a charm.

Can't seem to identify a source for the belt, though. It's the belt that connects the motor to the film drive (see attached image). Any ideas on where I can find a replacement?

Thanks!

Marc

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 04-13-2013, 07:22 PM:

I couldn't 100% guarantee it, but from your pic it looks like this takes the same type of belt as the Eiki RT, NT and ST series of projectors sold in Britain (apart from the very last NTs, made in the mid-1980s, with serial numbers above 50000 - they had toothed belts, which are rare as hen's teeth to find). If so, this is the belt you need.

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 04-14-2013, 07:46 AM:

On the EX-2000N (I used to own one), I used a "urethane o-ring round belt, clear, 5/32", 18" outer circle," which is Mcmaster-Carr part 3044K948

This is not an exact replacement, but it worked for me. It looks as if your belt is similar, but has a smaller outer diameter.

The original Eiki belts stretch and turn gummy over time, unfortunately.

Posted by Jeff Taylor (Member # 443) on 04-14-2013, 09:18 AM:

The ebay seller in the post from Leo (his name is Mark McWilliams) is a nice guy and has every belt I've ever challenged him with. Contact him and I'm sure you'll get what you need. His direct email is projectorbelts(at)mchsi(dot)com.

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 04-14-2013, 10:04 AM:

quote: Scott Norwood
The original Eiki belts stretch and turn gummy over time, unfortunately.

I've painstakingly cleaned away countless piles of rubbery goo from disintegrating OEM belts that were stuck to pulleys and other surfaces, while rehabilitating portable Eikis. My guess is that the OEM Eiki ones were natural rubber, whereas the aftermarket ones that various people sell nowadays (e.g. ES Photographics through Ebay or cinebelts.co.uk over here) are nitrile or PVC. If you leave one of them in a projector, you're on borrowed time, basically.

I do the odd bit of Eiki servicing for a group of experimental filmmakers in nothern England, and whenever they are given one or buy one for a token sum (usually from the basement of a school or college, where it has sat since the 1980s), I always advise them to replace all the belts immediately, even if some of them look OK.

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 04-16-2013, 02:53 PM:

I've got 3 of the EX-2000 series machines. That belt is the exact belt used in all the other machines mentioned above. Round polyurethane.

The belts are rotton on my machines, too. I'm running a EX-3000N that uses the toothed flat belts. Much more reliable.