Can Fan Belts be Spliced ? 

Thank you for posting. I'm here in Canada and at 3 am my furnace belt broke and after searching RU-vid I found your video and had it back up and running. 7:22 am and I finally have heat coming through the vents. Again thank you, really a big help.

Doing his right now for an evap cooler. Thanks so much. You just saved a dog's life. It's over 105 degrees indoors in AZ. Thank you so much for this.

I wonder if some 50lb fishing line would work. Every loop would double the strength. Could probably do 5 or six rounds to get 250 to 300 lbs of strength.

Thank you so much! 7 years after you post this video still works!!

In my mind you remain the most innovative repair person on the RU-vid planet!! This was a great video.

Your awesome!!! I'm a chic, an older one and started learning how to work on my own vehicles when I was 16 cuz my husband always bought cheap cars. They were always breaking down and I had to figure out what was wrong in order to fix it and get back home again. Or fix em to leave. And fix them I would. We still had carbs, 8 cyls and rear wheel drive, the old days. I'm not complaining I learned so much and have found I am pretty resourceful. If I had it all to do over again I would not change a thing. There's not a whole lot I cant do but sometimes I run into problems and I will check your videos before any others. Your down to earth and easy to understand. Right to the point. I wish I found you sooner. Thank you so much for sharing

Yo. My brother. Thank u for that tip. I have a small washing machine and da drive belt broke. For more than a month, trying to find the belt O-416E with no luck. Found a similar but longer belt and did ur idea and is working great for now. Thank you so much 4 da help.

Thanks for another great repair video. Look forward to the next one.

I have learned something new today! Great thx! I wish I new this back when a belt went on my snowblower.

I did this for my dryer belt while I waited for a new one to ship it's been 4 years and I still haven't put the new one on because I didn't have to.

Broke the v belt on my lathe used this method works like a charm I was able to finish the job thanks again for your video

i love your ideas . thanks so much

Another great tip. I always drop what I'm doing to watch your latest posts. Thanks again.

Nice in a pinch! I always carry bailing wire in the truck. Now I have one more use for it. Great info!

I live in Panama where replacement parts are very hard to obtain. I will be trying this today.

That was an excellent help video,very explained,too the point,and descriptive with out repetitive explanation.

Looks good! I have the same situation with a pillar drill and have a problem sourcing the exact part. As for the wire, I might try putting the "bump" on the top. Then there is the panty-hose technique. Used this 39 years ago but lasted only a mile or so. At least it got us off the motorway (freeway in US?) Keep up the good work!

You just saved me. Broke the belt on my table saw. Can't wait to try this fix. Thank you

I need to fix my lawnmower belt every other video I saw the job wasn’t very decent and I saw this it was very helpful Thanks

Thanks buddy! Great stuff!!!!

Great tips on this channel .. I love looking in , keep them coming , Thanks

You are amazing, sir! I have a problem with my dryer, and just surfed the net to find the exact belt, but nothing seems to work. Methods to solve this isuue on the bet are absolete. Your video is just amazing. I m gonna try this. Much appreciated for taking the time to post this video

What a great tip; I can see where it can really get you out of a bad situation! Thanks!

Hi Moe, this is really a great tip. Especially when you don't have the right size belt to finish the job. Thanks!

Nice. This is one I have used in the past. A good belt collection is so important too.

Love your stuff! Keep them coming

Excellent little trick! Especially since it's the reverse belt that is not used as often. Thanks for sharing

pretty cool how you did that..... making things fit with what you have.....love simple .. ..

Read the title and said to myself "I gotta see this" no way! Made a believer outta me great tip one I'll never forget thanks!

nice job ! And thank you for sharing

Belts are good- belts are our friend! Thanks. That tiller looked like an Ariens Rocket. They are the best! I`m putting one together now.

You certainly have a wide selection of belts! Lol! Thanks for another great video, I've learned a lot from your channel.

Excellent vid !

always fun and informative. thanks Moe.

Man thats a awesome trick. Thanks for sharing

Good stuff man. Thanks for sharing!

Pretty useful. I'll carry some safety wire and a pair of diagonals with me now, especially out in remote areas.

Thanks for all the Great info Moe.

Good on you mate now I can fix the belt in my old Massey Ferguson 35 just to keep it going for the day because all the tractor shops have shut on a Sunday that'll pull me out of the shit cheers mate you're a bloody legend

Great idea. I have a mower belt that just broke, so will try it if I can.

Excellent! thanks for the tip...

Great stuff as always.

I tried this and searched and found this 😂. It didn’t work for me then I watched your video so I decided to double up on the hay waiter and it still snapped. Snowblower. Problem is my machine got a cheap belt. I only used my snowblower 4 times. Brand new decent unit too. I have a 35 year old rototiller stall it out on massive rocks many times. The belt has never broken. Store it outside in the elements all year long. They just don’t make stuff like they used to.

Thanks good idea, I do carry extra belts for my car in trunk, but you never know. Fantastic

Such an cool video. It's 1am, and I already learned something useful today.

Great fix! One suggestion: Once you've sized the wire and angles on it, push it through from the BOTTOM of the belt. Those nice recesses you notched out will protect the pulleys and the excess wire you can twist together without interfering with anything around the outside of the pulley's-at least on this application.

Damn, you never cease to amaze. Quite the artist of improv.

GREAT VIDEO!! In the old days people used to do this with the flat belts to run sawmills and other types of machinery. I remember seeing a piece of metal that joined the two ends together. I thought to myself what is that? Then it dawned on me thats how they joined the belts together. It worked great then and should work now for something like this. Love your channel 65FORD!!

I have done many times on my snow mobile great video thanks

Pretty sharp- batman strikes again - 👍

Great idea perfect for shtf situations or stranded somewhere

Neat trick always thought of it nice to see it done thank you

You seriously rock!

Brilliant! Nice fix for a mower and such. would there be a reason why you wouldn't put the baling wire "joint" on the top of the belt? It seems the solid wire in the "V" of the pulley might be less damaging to the pulley and the slot you cut would receive the wire much better. I realize the top of the belt would be rubbing on the tensioner pulley. However, that's less critical than the trough of the shaft pulley. Your thoughts.

Thank you sir, helps a lot..

Another awesome video!!!

Great idea..wish i had thought of it ...thanks

Handy guy. Good one sir. Bruce

That's it, I need more belts. Nice one.

The splice is nice I wont think twice good job

going to try this

Really good info sixtyfiveford! I'll always keep a section of wire in the vehicle now....thanks for the great content video, after video. :)

Good tip. I have got home by fixing a burst radiator hose by wrapping tubing from a bike tire around it and then braiding fishing line around it. Actually worked better than duct tape.

Thanks for the tip this one might get me back to the dock one day even though I carry spare belts on the boat I'm now gonna throw a length of bailing wire in my oh shit box

Awesome tip

Good trick nice job Moe hope to see a workshop tour video one of those days thanks Alan

Thanks, great video. You could probably use super glue on the ends for some extra strength. I have cut and joined o-rings using super glue with good results. With o-rings the cut must be 90 deg. and perfectly straight.

awesome idea!

That is a great how to tip !!!

Thanks for the video. You make me look like a hero in front of my wife. She hates spending money more than you do! Keep the videos coming!!

Slick. Thanks Moe.

Thanks for this,,i could see myself doing this some time in the future..

you can use two metal plates with a hole at each end and weld or bolt them over the top and bottom.

Great trick to know! Thanks

Awesome idea man I've been driving to work and my fan-belt snapped, overheating my car, but I've always had bailing wire and tools in my car, plus I would have felt like, 'Macgyver', as I fixed it. (Rule to self though; keep leather hole punch in car)...

Another belt trick, in a pinch one can use a cheap fan belt to temporarily substitute for an expensive kevlar lawn tractor belt. It will stretch over time, but will get one by for a couple of months.

That's mighty clever, I learned as a kid to use a pair of pantyhose as a temporary fan belt.

Thanks :)

Well done

Great idea, your belt collection looks like mine.

Brilliant !

Cool I will have to try that out

You are amazingly smart man~!

If it did come apart I wouldn't want to be too close to the engine. Especially if the end whipping you has the wire in it. But it is a good video as it could come in very handy in certain situations.

Excellent.

Genius! This is on today's docket!

Really nice idea I dont know how you do it dont think this idea will work on automotive applications maybe a big S.O.L kinda day any hoo I liked it enough to give it a try

Good Trick

Great life hack!

You da Man. I like it. Never would have thought of it. Thanks

Wondering how this will improve using the 3M Scotch-Weld and which PR number would be better? I was just looking at a Singer 758 belt repair that has those gear teeth like design and someone cut the belt at an angle like face splice so each gear tooth had a small pin pushed through one side to the other reported as leaving the head on the one side and bending the other worked best. I was thinking adding PR100 or whatever the best number to use is... alone to try and with the needles in the holes so can cut the pin end on each side or at least not have to bend.

Cool!

great vid SHOULD I MEND A CRACKED BELT FROM A 18 HP LAWNTRACTOR WITH A 2 STAGE SNOWBLOWER ATTACHMENT THE BELTS ARE OVER 100$ AND 6 FEET LONG..UGGG ..CAN I WAIT TILL THEY BREAK OR MEND THEM NOW?

great idea sff,as usual you are the leonardo davinci of fix it yourself.

cool fix

I just got a leather punch at a yard sale 50 cents thanks for your video

cool trick to make it happen

A great fix. I wonder if you can retread your lawn mower tires by splicing on bicycle tire cut to size. Some of these gear lawn mower wheels are quite expensive.

Wow, I didn't think it was possible. I will be tossing some bailing wire and a hole punch in my emergency travel kit for now on!! I'll practice on an old piece until I get the hang of it. ...you make it look easy especially that angled cut what did you use? I guess a box cutter should be tossed in my kit as well. Thanks again for the great idea.

You are a very clever smart guy. I use all your tips. Thanks you never know when that could come in handy. It could get you out of a bad situation. I think you should put Macgyver in your name LOL