Rey1
Super Member
Hello everyone,
Yesterday I scored a Pioneer RT1020L deck from a local thrift. Everything seems to work (havent tested record yet) and it produces good sound on playback. I need to get into the guts and oil the motors and lube the parts. The service manual does not say anything about this. Can anyone tell me if there are oil ports on the motors (if so, where)? also, I assume that I just clean and relube anyplace with evidence of old grease. I have done this before to an old Akai and my Teac 2340, so I am not a complete novice.
Unfortunately, there is about a 3mm wide area of wear on the record and play heads. i checked this in the store but the lighting was poor and my vision is not what it used to be, so I didn't see it. There are no visible gaps, the wear is centered on each head, and the deck sounds good. I don't use my rtr decks too often, so I'm hoping to get a few years out of this before the heads wear out. Any thoughts?
Yesterday I scored a Pioneer RT1020L deck from a local thrift. Everything seems to work (havent tested record yet) and it produces good sound on playback. I need to get into the guts and oil the motors and lube the parts. The service manual does not say anything about this. Can anyone tell me if there are oil ports on the motors (if so, where)? also, I assume that I just clean and relube anyplace with evidence of old grease. I have done this before to an old Akai and my Teac 2340, so I am not a complete novice.
Unfortunately, there is about a 3mm wide area of wear on the record and play heads. i checked this in the store but the lighting was poor and my vision is not what it used to be, so I didn't see it. There are no visible gaps, the wear is centered on each head, and the deck sounds good. I don't use my rtr decks too often, so I'm hoping to get a few years out of this before the heads wear out. Any thoughts?