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Jan 17, 2004, 1:44 AM
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We have 2 of these VCRs bought at the same store at the same time.
Both have this problem.
Sometimes while recording, it just stops for no reason. Sometimes after 5 mins, sometimes after an hour or more. This happens once in a blue moon (every 2-6 months if we record something 2-3 times a week.) It is REALLY, REALLY annoying to go to watch something (a season finale for example) and find that there is 5 minutes of it. We still use the VCR with only this problem since now we have something like a Tivo (a satellite with a hard disk to record, so we never record stuff on the VCR anymore.)
The other also has this problem
the cassette loads and the tape gets pulled out and it gets all set up to play properly (and it plays, records 95% of the time, FF, Rew, ejects, everything works.) But the cassette carriage doesn't cycle all the way (it loads the cassette in, it pulls it down but then the motor stalls/buzzes and the side cams do not load against the springs, so the tape sometimes sticks up a bit and makes a racket when rewinding or FF.)
I can cycle the gears myself and it goes from completely unloaded to totally loaded against the springs, but the motor doesn't seem to have the guts to make the gears go past the spring pressure, so that the cassette gets held down properly.
When comparing it to the other VCR with the working carriage, I found that the worm gear on the motor has a little cup that the end fits in. Both still have this cup, but on the working one, the cup moves back and forth in a hole depending one which direction the motor is turning. On the busted one, the shaft INSIDE the cup moves back and forth, but the cup just sits in the hole stationary. On the working one, the shaft seems to be held in the cup (but it can turn inside it.) on the broken one, the shaft can go in and out. I can't glue the shaft inside the cup since the shaft has to turn inside the cup.
The front door doesn't close all the way either with a tape in (because the carriage does not go all the way to the stop.)
I don't want to buy a whole new carriage but I want this VCR to work like it should (I can live with the recording problem unless it is an easy fix, but I want the cassette to be loaded fully.)
Is there any way to help the motor in completing the cycle? I have high hopes but I want this thing working properly (it is still usable, but it is a pain in the ass to hold the cassette down while it is rewinding.)
The VCRs are nearing the end of their life (at least 10 years old.) but they were actually built well and I would rather patch them up than to buy a cheapo VCR.
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