Ed, the solenoid appears to operate both the head rotating and raise/lower the head/ pinch roller assembly. I will try the belt although it does seem to be snug enough. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics Guelph Ontario Canada Est. 1984 email: gary (at) number63.ca Tel-Tek wrote: > > Does the solenoid actually reverse the travel of the tape, or does the > solenoid Rotate the head. Unless it's direct drive, try changing the belt. > > -Ed- > Tel-Tek Electronics > Ontario-Canada > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:29 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] JVC Mini Stereo MX-J10, cassette player jamming > > > I have this JVC Mini Stereo model MX-J10 in the shop. Every once in a > > while, the solenoids in the cassette mechanisms will keep clicking. I > > removed the cassette mech. and checked for sticky operation, etc. but > > found nothing. I did change the solenoid driver transistors in case they > > were intermittantly leaking. Now after it's back together I notice the > > problem seems to occur when the cassette tape is at the end of travel > > and attempts to start playing in the reverse direction. The solenoid > > just keeps clicking and the drive doesn't go into play like it should. > > > > Does anyone have experience with repairing this problem? I have already > > spent more time on it than I should have and will just return unit to > > customer if I can't go any further on it. > > > > When the unit is working, it works perfectly. I can reverse direction > > play, rewind, FF, etc. all ok. The motor speed is ok too. Just when it > > decides to act up, the solenoid in one cassette mech. keeps clicking > > > > > > 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/