Hi there, I’m new to cassettes but I recently took the plunge and purchased a fixer upper 244, followed Tetrakan’s youtube tutorial and replaced all the rubber components (belts, tires, and pinch roller) which were all really gunky. I replaced the belts and tires from a replacement kit and the pinch roller from some sellers on ebay - everything seemed to fit snugly.
Popped in a fresh tape and it makes a bad grinding/buzzing sound and sucks tape out of the cassette when I press play… when I check things out without a tape in the deck, things seem to be turning as they should… am I missing something obvious?
Also the black take-up reel spinnymabob kept sliding off the transport when I had it removed and flipped over, I wonder if it’s not engaging properly with the gears and if it’s maybe missing something to hold it down and in place.. any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
Popped in a fresh tape and it makes a bad grinding/buzzing sound and sucks tape out of the cassette when I press play… when I check things out without a tape in the deck, things seem to be turning as they should… am I missing something obvious?
Also the black take-up reel spinnymabob kept sliding off the transport when I had it removed and flipped over, I wonder if it’s not engaging properly with the gears and if it’s maybe missing something to hold it down and in place.. any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks