Normal Phillip R Hull STET phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FAX 517--569-3075 Professional Technicians only ----- Original Message ----- From: "al m" <ampm@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:47 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Akai VCR VS-515U intermittant rew, FF speed problem > Gary isn't that the way it's suppose to work ? Don't they all slow down near > the end of the tape so it doesn't hit the end too hard? Maybe a bad reel > sensor. > Al Marquardt > ampm@xxxxxxx > Al Marquardt Electronic Repair > 206 W Main > Girardville Pa. 17935 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:31 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Akai VCR VS-515U intermittant rew, FF speed problem > > > > this Akai VCR VS-515U came in needing a good cleanup and idler tire > > change. I did it and now plays fine but I notice that rewind and FF have > > an issue. As a tape is rewound near to the beginning or FF near to the > > end, the action is very slow, it takes forever for the process to get > > the tape to the end. Some tapes are worse than others and during the > > process, I hear slight pitch variations in motor speed. If I load in a > > dummy cassette and grab a hold of the reels, I can't make it stop, so it > > appears to have tons of torque. I stopped the rewind and let the unit > > sit for 20 min. and then started it again, thinking bearings were > > tighting up from heat, but right from cold it had same problem. > > > > Checked the tips bases that I have with no reference to this problem. If > > it is a bad motor, why does it have plenty of torque when I manually > > grasp the reels? > > > > I wouldn't bother with it, except that I already called the customer to > > come get it before I realized the problem. > > > > THanks for any help. > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > > McCartney Electronics > > Guelph Ontario Canada > > Est. 1984 > > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/