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This was my thought on the issue. New replacement belts are inexpensive, so it seems silly to try to salvage a pair and risk them failing because the nylon is shot. Buy a new set and you'll get another 30 years out of them. --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 23 Jan 2006 at 21:29, Jason Weigel wrote: > > > I had good results from cleaning them and using ALOT of fabric softner. I > > actualy soaked them in the stuff. If they are to stiff then I would > recomend > > replacing them. > > My impression is that the stiffness is just from decades of > accumulated dirt. I've never had a set that didn't change completely > with a bit of washing. > > OTOH, it's probably fair to wonder how strong the webbing is after > all these years. Exposure to sunlight, as well as simple age, are apt > to degrade the nylon. > > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com