I haven't been big into cassettes since I had a Pioneer KP-500 in my Lancia Beta Coupe back in the day.
But - I am sucker for a pretty silver face.
And then I lucked into a "can't say no" deal on a nice CT-F1000.
Set it up and - surprise - it had the common FF/REW problem.
After reading many threads addressing this problem I took it apart and sent the clutch assembly to markthefixer for his magic fix:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=292583&highlight=ct-f1000+clutch
Mark promptly got it back to me and I managed to reassemble it without any extra parts
banana or even referring to the dozen detailed picture I shot during disassembly.
But I was rewarded with the same problem - super slow FF and no REW.
I'm glad that the clutch was upgraded but bummed I was still in the same place.
My deck looked like someone had been in there previously - there was a missing screw and the belts looked fresh.
I've had the nasty experience of fixing one of these with the rubber belts turned to goo. At least I didn't have to change the belts.
My thoughts were that there was a low voltage issue (11.6 + & - so that was good), a bad motor (torque felt decent when I ran it unmounted) or some other mechanical problem.
At Mark's suggestion I took a black Sharpie and marked the various wheels so that I could determine what was moving (or not).
The "pencil eraser" sized rubber wheel on the motor didn't look worn but it was shiny.
I thought that the lack of torque could be the result of it slipping and it would need replacing.
Fortunately there is a replacement available:
http://www.wjoe.com/vintageandantiques.htm - midway down the page.
But being impatient and innovative I decided on my own fix.
I took a piece of 3/8" heatshrink tubing and shrank it over the old rubber wheel (pulley).
Surprise - it works; it works great!
I suppose if I used this constantly I'd want to go with the WJOE pulley - but I bet this will last for a long time.
See pictures to follow.
But - I am sucker for a pretty silver face.
And then I lucked into a "can't say no" deal on a nice CT-F1000.
Set it up and - surprise - it had the common FF/REW problem.
After reading many threads addressing this problem I took it apart and sent the clutch assembly to markthefixer for his magic fix:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=292583&highlight=ct-f1000+clutch
Mark promptly got it back to me and I managed to reassemble it without any extra parts
banana or even referring to the dozen detailed picture I shot during disassembly.But I was rewarded with the same problem - super slow FF and no REW.
I'm glad that the clutch was upgraded but bummed I was still in the same place.
My deck looked like someone had been in there previously - there was a missing screw and the belts looked fresh.
I've had the nasty experience of fixing one of these with the rubber belts turned to goo. At least I didn't have to change the belts.
My thoughts were that there was a low voltage issue (11.6 + & - so that was good), a bad motor (torque felt decent when I ran it unmounted) or some other mechanical problem.
At Mark's suggestion I took a black Sharpie and marked the various wheels so that I could determine what was moving (or not).
The "pencil eraser" sized rubber wheel on the motor didn't look worn but it was shiny.
I thought that the lack of torque could be the result of it slipping and it would need replacing.
Fortunately there is a replacement available:
http://www.wjoe.com/vintageandantiques.htm - midway down the page.
But being impatient and innovative I decided on my own fix.
I took a piece of 3/8" heatshrink tubing and shrank it over the old rubber wheel (pulley).
Surprise - it works; it works great!
I suppose if I used this constantly I'd want to go with the WJOE pulley - but I bet this will last for a long time.
See pictures to follow.
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