# Where to Get the Rubber Ring Thingies That Drive Jukebox Players

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-rubber-ring-thingies-that-drive-jukebox-players/472197 "2008-11-11T16:04:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-rubber-ring-thingies-that-drive-jukebox-players/472197/1 "2008-11-11T16:04:25Z")

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Dang, talk about a long-winded title, but I’m trying to make it descriptive.

I have this thing I’m restoring, inherited from my father. It’s a Seeburg LP console that has a jukebox selector mechanism. You dial in the number of the LP y ou want to play and the head/player goes to that slot and pulls out the LP and plays it.

It’s 1970s jukebox technology and the rubber ring that runs on a pulley to drive the … uh … platter, I guess has stretched out.

Anyone know what I’m talking about and where I could get a replacement?

There ain’t as many amusement companies as there used to be, and I can’t find one in my area that I might call on.

(In case you’re wondering about this beast, Seeburg gave them out to amusement companies that bought their product back in 1969-1971 or so. I think it was, you buy 10 juke boxes, they gave you one. First year, the company my dad was a VP with, they got one and that went to the president/owner. Next year, they got two of them, and Dad got one. They’re kinda a rare bird, having never been for sale to the public–well, never for sale at all as I recall, and no one I talk to knows what the hell I’m talking about.)

Thanks,  
LOAP

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-rubber-ring-thingies-that-drive-jukebox-players/472197/2 "2008-11-11T16:23:45Z")

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[turntable belts](http://www.google.com/search?q=turntable+belts&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)?

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-rubber-ring-thingies-that-drive-jukebox-players/472197/3 "2008-11-11T16:25:42Z")

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Sounds like you’re describing a turntable belt.

Have a look at some picks off the top page of a Google search:

> **[SEEBURG jukebox turntable belt,SEEBURG turntable belt,SEEBURG turntable...](https://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=SBG)**
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> SEEBURG jukebox turntable belt,SEEBURG turntable belt,SEEBURG turntable belts,SEEBURG record player belt,SEEBURG record player belts,SEEBURG phonograph belt,SEEBURG home stereo system record player belts,SEEBURG phonograph belts,SEEBURG phono...

> **[New Replacement Belts for Seeburg Turntables](http://www.turntablebasics.com/belts/seeburg.html)**
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> New Replacement Belts for Seeburg Turntables

You also might want to Google up a Sams Photofact for the beast once you know whether you’ve got an AP1, an HS2 or whatever model.

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**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-rubber-ring-thingies-that-drive-jukebox-players/472197/4 "2008-11-11T21:45:53Z")

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Thanks, some good places to start my search!