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Yeah, that's about the only thing that was not worn out on my lathe, the Reeves drive. The belts were bad, have replaced them. That is one of the things that was odd, One belt length matches to what is posted on the Rockwell lathe website and the other I had to get a totally different size! Anyways that part of it is good now. My 14" lathe is the newer one with clutch/brake addition along with the lever on the front to change the speed instead of a handwheel. Apparently there are some differences between the old and newer design. Pulled the taper attachment tonight to get the cross slide off. Never in my life run across such an arrangement on a lathe!Ken what condition is your Reeves Drive? SCRATCH the question... I think I have figured this out, I reread the manual for the 71 model, slightly different and I saw what I think is the answer. When the electric motor went out I bet the guy tightened the belt on the lower half of the Reeves Drive too much, says in the manual it will bind the system up...