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I'm trying to repair this cassette deck, and I'm having trouble getting the auto-stop to work. There should be something that holds the auto-stop lever against the takeup reel cam, but I can't for the life of me figure out what or where. Can someone Remove take the pulley with the weird little bottom part, which sits above the takeup reel off and take some photos? It's one teensy little circlip to remove (and a belt). I'd love to see what in the world I'm missing under there. No need to take the transport out of the machine for this!
Well, I fixed the problem with the auto-stop. Everything must be flawlessly clean in the rotating mechanism, and the linkage needs liberal lubing. It's a really delicate mechanism. I have it auto-stopping reliably now.
Still can't get it to rewind. The tension on the takeup reel is too hard to overcome, something slips - either the belt or the traction tire. Seems to me the felt tension is too high, but there's no way to change that. Tried to disassemble both of the reel assemblies, and got nowhere trying to make them slide easier.
Overall, I would not recommend this deck. The PC-3460 does not have a reliable or well-designed transport. The heads are pretty amazing (Aurex heads), and the rest of the electronics are top notch. The transport just sucks. One day I'll find a Toshiba full-logic deck, until then I'll keep the Toshiba up for display and actually use my Nakamichi. Oh well.
Charles.
Well, I fixed the problem with the auto-stop. Everything must be flawlessly clean in the rotating mechanism, and the linkage needs liberal lubing. It's a really delicate mechanism. I have it auto-stopping reliably now.
Still can't get it to rewind. The tension on the takeup reel is too hard to overcome, something slips - either the belt or the traction tire. Seems to me the felt tension is too high, but there's no way to change that. Tried to disassemble both of the reel assemblies, and got nowhere trying to make them slide easier.
Overall, I would not recommend this deck. The PC-3460 does not have a reliable or well-designed transport. The heads are pretty amazing (Aurex heads), and the rest of the electronics are top notch. The transport just sucks. One day I'll find a Toshiba full-logic deck, until then I'll keep the Toshiba up for display and actually use my Nakamichi. Oh well.
Charles.
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