There is a "kit" for that problem... Comes with a black gear that is taller than the white one. Therefore It doesn't get chewed up. Ask your TCE dist. for it. Jack --- Bill McFarland <billmcfarland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If this is the unit I think it is. > > there is a small plastic "tit" that breaks off right > by the loading gear. It > allows the carriage assy to go out of time with the > bottom half of the unit. > > Anyway, I just take a small camcorder size screw, > melt a hole in the plastic > with my Iron. Then tap the screw into the plastic. > works great. > > If you need more info. Let me know. > > Good luck, God Bless, Happy Holidays > Bill McFarland > DMC Electronics > Salt Lake City, Utah > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chaz <chaz@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:39 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: VCR RCA VR506 timing > > > > > > You mentioned that the cassette loads okay (if I > understood correctly) > > with the carriage removed from the VCR but, only > half when in the VCR. > > Two things come to my mind. > > > > I suspect that if the problem only happens while > in the VCR, the carriage > > is not seated fully into the base of the VCR. > Check for slots in the base > > where the carriage would attach too as well as any > bent "tangs" on the > > carriage keeping it from properly seating. > > > > The other possibility is that the carriage itself > is out of alignment just > > enough that when the auto-load sequence occurs, > one side of the carriage > > is activating first. Sometimes with the carriage > out and EJECT is > > pressed, the carriage will unload to its correct > full unload position. > > Then afterwards, placing the carriage back, the > unit might operate > > correctly (in my case, this is usually slim). > > > > In other cases, I have seen bad "cassette down" > switches bad (front of VCR > > underside of carriage) or somehow got broken > because of the customer > > attempting to unscrew, remove, and replace > everything back. > > > > Chaz > > --- > > > > > > From: MagLfixIt4ya@xxxxxxx > > Date sent: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:17:31 EST > > Subject: [TechAssist] VCR RCA VR506 timing > > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, > MagLfixTvNyc@xxxxxxx > > Send reply to: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Hello Techs, when this vcr came in it had a worn > link gear that operates > the > > > cassette housing, after replacing it still will > not except a cassette, > it > > > takes the cassette in about half way and spits > it right back out, I have > > > checked the timing in the "under chassis" such > as the cam gear and slide > > > plate and the timing in the "above chassis" > assembly looks good also, > the > > > timing also looks good in the cassette housing. > > > If I take the housing out the carriage loads and > unloads a cassette > manually, > > > and the main mechanism loads and unloads with no > problem, what am I > missing? > > > I don't think this is a mode switch problem > because as the cassette goes > in > > > it seems to jam before it kicks back out, anyone > have any idea's? 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