9.5 mm is 3/8".  I would go to my friendly neighbourhood FLAPS and get the
old guy behind the counter to find you a nice Gates belt in a compatible
size.  :-)

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 9:29 PM, AD Felder <dieseldoofus@yahoo.com> wrote:

> My owner's manual indicates that the v-belts are to be 9.5x600 LA and
> 9.5x643 LA.  I have not been able to find these sizes anywhere.  10mm, yes,
> sometimes, but not both sizes from the same place even.  I have found little
> to no information about belt sizes on the i-net.  Some mfr's websites "hint"
> that the 10mm are actually 9.5mm wide (Bando, I think).  Here is some handy
> info about belts and pulleys, that also indicates 9.5 being the actual
> standard width, along with 12mm http://www.gizmology.net/pulleysbelts.htm and
> that you should not change belt widths.
>
> Questions:
>
> There is only .5mm difference between the two sizes.  Is this significant
> and/or did VW just pull that size out of a hat, even though 10mm width belts
> were common at that time as well.  Air cooled (at least some) are called out
> as 10mm.
>
> Why does no-one, including VW parts suppliers, list these belts?
>
> Any sources for 9.5 belts?  I would like to use Conti, but there are NO
> retail sellers of Conti in this country that I could find.  Their "local"
> office for the US is in Thailand, I think.
>
> I humbly await someone to educate me about this.
>
>
>
>

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Jake

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