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According to Ebay's auction listings, Marant's tube gear is the all time champion bar none. Those items set records for their prices. The early SS gear is second to none as well. Beyond that, JBL's speakers from the '60s and some later models own the speaker category.

See my edit above. The correct screw size for all of these X models is M2-4. I used some thin wire off of a small resistor I had.

Okay, so, I figured out where the problem with auto reverse comes in to play. The inertia roller is missing its spring and screw. I can't imagine where they went as they must have been there at one time or another. Strange...... Question is, is where to get them? Edit: Put in an email to Teac...

So, here's an update for this particular deck. The teac washers arrived for the tension rollers and, while the machine was apart, were installed along with new washers from ebay that were linked to on another site from here. I can't honestly say that any of my washers were correct after getting...

No problems, just curious. Many years ago now I stopped buying used tape and went over to new in order to support the medium and the rather outrageous prices for used tape on Epray.

Years ago I bought a used VPI record cleaning machine--a wonderful accessory to have. Some records will take several cleanings to get all of the gunk out depending on the era they were produced--the "drug, sex and rock-n-roll" era there was a lot of smoke in the air from pot and ciggies--not to...

Vinyl records will crack. When they got "beat" enough from parties and whatnot, we used to toss them up in the air and watch them shatter as they hot the ground. No need to think of most of them as precious or truly rare back then--millions and millions of record pressings every year.

No offense, but what, exactly, is "reconditioned" tape? How is it made better that what it was before they got it and reconditioned it?

They did, of course, so I added a belt. Yes, I know Sky doesn't like them, but I'll measure it and see what's what.

Sam--thanks. What grit sandpaper to attach to the pinch rollers?

Thanks, Sky. So, If I understand you, I should at least check to see if the voltage is correct on the opto sensor and, since I ordered another belt (hate going into this thing without everything needed if you are in there), remove and the flywheels and lightly buff them with what, 600 wet or...

well, clearly I don't have the right washers. that is probably some of it. The tension roller washers are not easy to come by. wow--just ordered 8 of the tension roller washers from Teac. $.15/each. best to have some spares with these things.

thanks. the link provided there no longer shows the part--sent an email. I did get them from Teac USA though. They only have them because it is a Tascam part number as well. They still support Tascam. They told me that Onkyo supports the consumer grade Teac parts such as the pinch roller...

Hi Sky-- I measured the new belt when it came and it fits your parameters--16.8". I pay attention to what you post. Always have. The old belt was quite loose and caused the slow start up speed. The tension roller washer caused the roller on the left side to have friction and not turn freely...

I was looking at page 6, section 2-10 of the repair manual. I took all of that out in order to clean and lubricate the right side inertia/idler roller. I am wondering now if it is off enough to cause the issue.

None that I can see with a magnifying glass.

But, are these the same for the tension rollers? Those are the ones that are suspect.

Thanks for the reply. I can check the stroke adjustment and I can check for proper voltages and I need to check the alignment on the right side inertia roller. to make matters more weird, I put both pinch rollers on this morning and now they are running fine in both directions? Just auto...

Any idea where to purchase correct ones? I have the pinch roller washers and left side inertia roller washers. I am not sure these are correct because it is very hard to tell from he repair manual.

No--I said it was slow to respond prior to making the changes it is not anymore. Pinch rollers are spotless, as I said above. There is no play in the capstan bearings that I can detect--and, it was just suddenly there as a problem. tension rollers are at 7 and 5 o'clock. Always have been. If I...

if I put the pinch roller back on, it immediately goes back to having the tape loop, though initially I can the loop form, then get taught, then form again and stay that way. And that squeal is gone.

Picture of the naked pinch roller shaft while playing in reverse--same in both directions. I took it off to see how it aligned.

Thanks for the reply, "man". They were new rollers completely and I have never touched any of the tension settings since they were last done in 2009 by a local tech at Hi-Fi Sound in Minneapolis. although a slight twist--I can hear just a tiny amount of squeal coming from the head cover so, I...

I would recommend buying new tape. I have some quantity of old tape (some NOS when purchased ten years ago, others gently used) purchased from ebay sellers, but 6 years ago I started buying new stuff to support the medium. I like it a lot--especially the new version of SM911. Very good...

Okay, so, about 8 months ago I replaced the capstan belt, new pinch rollers, cleaned and lubricated all moving parts (last fully serviced in 2009) and the deck was working fine. Until it didn't. It seemed slow to hit right speed--removing one outside washer on each of the tension rollers solved...