"b" wrote in message
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Arfa Daily ha escrito:

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Dan:
At the very least take it to a shop for a repair cost quotation /
estimate. .....
and instead of ordering belts, paying shipping, and waiting, most
service shops that reguarly service tape decks and VCRs with most
likely have the belts you need in their store stock.
electricitym
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I would second that. Although it's not a ' straightforward ' job in DIY
terms, when you do a lot of them, it is for a professional repair shop. I
can do one from taking out the first screw to writing out the bill, in
about
a half hour, and I keep the belts in stock.

Arfa

If i recall, the motor on these units was on several pillars, i think i
even got away with cutting thru one to get the belt out and patching it
up later. saved me having to disassemble the entire unit (but then,
this was on a machine for my own use not a job for somebody else! )-b.


You are correct, and taking a scalpel to the pin on the top of the pillar
that gets in the way, is the standard " trade " method of doing the job. The
motor can then be gently bent to one side enough to allow the belt to come
out through the gap. This has no effect on the stability of the whole
arrangement, as it is only a locating pin that sits in one of the screw
holes on the motor face. However, if you went about doing it this way, and
were a bit ham-fisted in the process, you might cause more damage, so I
hesitated to suggest this in my original reply.

Arfa