Belt up!

I'm not surprised - they have to warehouse all those spares for years, which has a cost. Look at what it costs for car parts...

I'd not bother trying to glue it - it's (presumably) stretchy which means it's going to be hard to get glue to stay put.

Can you measure the dimensions of the belt, and see if you can find a matching generic part? It looks like 'just' a rubber belt, I don't think it's a timing belt or anything specialised of that nature?

Although at some point it becomes more hassle than just paying the £36.10...

Theo

I agree.

I thought about that: I'm not sure where exactly to look but I'll have a search around.

Quite. But it's pretty galling when you consider that for very little more I could buy an entire counter-top radiant oven. OK it wouldn't exactly be top-of-the-line, but even so...

Thanks for your thoughts.

There are silicone rubber belts available, in case temperature is a real problem.

Is it a flat belt? they are made in thousands

measure the circumference and the width and google 'flat drive belt width Xmm by Ymm'

pick on a little smaller than what you have

Google Panasonic spares and see where that takes you. There might be someone selling them on eBay much cheaper than the repairer's source.

Hard to see but is it a “Vee” profile? Anyhow, I wouldn’t have thought that it would hurt to try a large suitably size o-ring.

Tim

Many thanks for all the thoughts and suggestions. I looked on eBay and discovered compatible belts with prices ranging from £8 to over £50; a £10 version is now on its way to me.

Gratz!