[TechAssist] Re: Akai VCR VS-515U intermittant rew, FF speed problem
- From: "Don Hartigan" <hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:23:58 -0300
Gary; Sounds like one of your brakes is not totally releasing.
Don of HARTS-TVCR"ASC"
9 Robert St.,Oromocto,NB,Canada,E2V3N2
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From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 5:31 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.
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> 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?
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> I wouldn't bother with it, except that I already called the customer to
> come get it before I realized the problem.
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> THanks for any help.
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> Gary McCartney
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> McCartney Electronics
> Guelph Ontario Canada
> Est. 1984
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
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