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I just a capstan belt replacement using the gwamba youtube video. At A&A, Ghost said you guys had posted the video and explained the step-by-step procedure. For anyone else that runs into this problem, it is not hard to do, and this coming from a person who doesn't normally mess with inner electronics.
The symptoms were that the rewind and fast forward worked but the play did not. After I took the face and head assembly off, I found that the old belt was disintegrated and had residue everywhere like a bad pinch roller. So I had to do some cleaning before putting the new one on, but it plays perfectly again with that big hi-fi sound. I have some pics of the process that I'll post later.
The symptoms were that the rewind and fast forward worked but the play did not. After I took the face and head assembly off, I found that the old belt was disintegrated and had residue everywhere like a bad pinch roller. So I had to do some cleaning before putting the new one on, but it plays perfectly again with that big hi-fi sound. I have some pics of the process that I'll post later.