11-04-2011, 11:38 PM
Thanks Rob,
The Site http://www.palsite.com/tech.py?model=slc20tech.html shows a 'pendulum' but there doesn't seem to be any friction-bearing surfaces on it.
Thanks Steve,
I tried cleaning the capstan & pinch wheel as a first, almost a knee-jerk response, but to no avail. So that was rapidly followed by cleaning all the other tape-contact surfaces - again to no avail. I couldn't go any deeper into cleaning various friction surfaces since those are simply buried deep in the mechanisms, and a high degree of experience (which I don't have) is clearly required in order to do the necessary extensive dismantling to gain access to such surfaces. However, overall - and especially considering its age - the inside of this machine is remarkably clean.
As I said at the beginning, VCRs - especially Sony machines - are a domestic electronics product that I know very little about & have very little experience of any maintenance on them, apart from routine cleaning of the tape path. And usually when I have tried doing repair / maintenance outside of my 'comfort zone', the inevitable extensive mechanical dismantling has usually contributed to a ruined machine: so I've learnt to leave well alone, that which I don't have experience of!
Al.
The Site http://www.palsite.com/tech.py?model=slc20tech.html shows a 'pendulum' but there doesn't seem to be any friction-bearing surfaces on it.
Thanks Steve,
I tried cleaning the capstan & pinch wheel as a first, almost a knee-jerk response, but to no avail. So that was rapidly followed by cleaning all the other tape-contact surfaces - again to no avail. I couldn't go any deeper into cleaning various friction surfaces since those are simply buried deep in the mechanisms, and a high degree of experience (which I don't have) is clearly required in order to do the necessary extensive dismantling to gain access to such surfaces. However, overall - and especially considering its age - the inside of this machine is remarkably clean.
As I said at the beginning, VCRs - especially Sony machines - are a domestic electronics product that I know very little about & have very little experience of any maintenance on them, apart from routine cleaning of the tape path. And usually when I have tried doing repair / maintenance outside of my 'comfort zone', the inevitable extensive mechanical dismantling has usually contributed to a ruined machine: so I've learnt to leave well alone, that which I don't have experience of!
Al.
