I need a sewing machine belt for a 1957 Kenmore.?

Question

Hello everyone,

I've been searching online for a Kenmore Sewing Machine Belt, a 1957 model, but I've been coming up "no deal". Does anyone know of where I can get a "vintage" sewing machine belt, for that model and year?

Answer 1

do you still have the old belt? take it to a hardware store and see if they have one the same size. usually do. we replaced belts in our old VCR this way. m

Answer 2

I think you just missed a oiling spot- or several of them. The belt it's self is supposed to be dry. If it still looks intact, and has no breaks or cracks, it's probably still just fine. It can't turn very good though, especially at first under load, from a dead stop, being connected to everything else, if some place/any place else in your over several decades old machine, is dry of oil and starting to freeze and seize up. Each and every of all the oiling places are never shown in the instruction manuals. Just oil in every moving metal on metal place instead- oil hole in a bushing there or not. Which means taking some of the covers off. And means turning the fly wheel to see all the moving metal on metal places that need that oil. Even though you don't want oil on the belt, or on electrical wires or in the top tension device or in the actual motor at all, you do want some everyplace else and on the turning peg that comes out of the motor that the belt rides on, where it turns that belt. Try not to get oil on the belt, but if you do, just wipe it off. After that, let the machine run flat out and fast, straight stitch and and zig zag, no fabric or thread in it at all, your pressure foot up, your foot on the pedal for at least 5 minutes or so- you can even put a heavy object on the foot pedal if you want. After that it it will probably start up form a dead stop much better and you won't have to help it along with your hand on the wheel any more. Happy Sewing.

Answer 3

My 57 kenmore also had the same problem and I could not locate any replacement part either.

However, I discovered that the belt from a Hoover 921 vacuum was the exact replacement for the 57 Kenmore machine.

Answer 4

Yes I think Montgomery Wards carries them. or Rexall. Sorry I was just being a wad, maybe you could use something else, like a pully from another thing, go to home depot and look for something that might work. good luck

Answer 5

Not sure if you've checked into these sites....

http://www.sewingmachineparts.net/
http://stores.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SEWING-MACHINE-PARTS

Answer 6

Ok here ya go: http://www.sewvacdoctor.com/cate.asp?categoryID=13

Answer 7

try ebay