Look for the Take-up Reel Brake being 'on' during Rewind. Some of these units have a Small Tip that wears away which causes this Brake to be 'on' during Rewind,thus Braking the Take-up Reel Peggs At 09:30 AM 7/22/03, HSWAD@xxxxxxx wrote: >This unit came in dead. Did the usual. All output capacitors. Power supply >just fine, reg volts just fine. TV works great. VCR does everything great >except >no rewind. It plays OK, fwd and reverse search is ok. hit rewind and it will >shut down within thirty seconds. I noticed that during its attempt to rewind >the spindles are not turning. What could be the difference between search and >rewind except for the fact that the tape is loaded in the search position. >Any >ideas? TIA. Hollis Bates, field Engineer-retired, Lewiston, Maine, >HSWAD@xxxxxxx >***************************************************************************** >Classifieds! Buy or Sell! >http://sell.tech-assist.org >The Tech Address Book: >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm >Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/