On Monday, September 29, 2014 4:09:10 PM UTC-4, Wayne Chirnside wrote:



My take on that is a friction pad, just a piece of felt often glued to a

copper spindle brake wrapped around the spindle.



At least that's what I've most often seen with that symptom.


Not in this case.. Watch the video again, the cylinder motor isn't running, which is why it's aborting the operation. The cylinder motor should spin the head up before the tape guides get anywhere near the head. Why the capstan motor isn't taking up the slack during unload is another question. This machine came out long after I stopped doing VHS machines.