Don't want to sound brutal, but have you tried bending the arm
Šslightly*? in my expoerience these types of faults are often cause by
slight warpage.
Other options may be to try and find a working model of the unit (or
at least one with a same deck) to compare.
Old units like this can also be found at second hand stores, flea
markets, car boot/ yard sales, rubbish tips... with a bit of hunting
you could probably find another for very little money to cannibalise
for parts, since investing much money into older machines simply
doesn't pay these days.
good luck, Ben
(mike appenzeller) wrote in message . com...
Orion VHS player model VP-0040, ~1995 mfg.
I have the above VHS player, that will occasionally jam when
unloading the tape. Fixed once, but came back 3 days later
with a tape stuck in it and the mech jammed again.
From running the loading motor back and forth with an ext. power
supply, I've been able to determine that the plastic piece on
the bottom of the half-load arm jams up against the edge of the
raised lip around the perimeter of the gear that acutautes it,
so the two raised pieces butt up end to end (snip)