Hey guys,i was bored last night so i decided to take appart my RTR Pioneer rt-707(for search refferences 
)
The problems:
1)the left reel did not want to stop after FF,it would go hay wire and damage the tape.
2)The "tape source" button was making a lot of noise,and sometimes even mute one channel if touched .
3)i wanted to clean the faceplate ...all of it 
So lets get started
Take off the front plate (screws are common cense here,take off the screws that connect things )
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/open_top_front.JPG
then open the top
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Open_top.JPG
as you see,its not very complicated if you just pay attention to the mechanics.
Now we will start with the brakes
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Brakes.JPG
going on, to more complicated issues.The ellectrical switches
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Bad_ellectricals.JPG
its very easy to take these appart,but lets not get confused.We want minimum troubles,so we dont have to solder.
1)pull back the spring,and lift up the pin that holds the switch to the body.
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Move_spring_back.JPG
2)now pull out the pin,and carefully remove the rod,and clean it
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Empty.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Switch_pulled_out.JPG
3)clean out the insides of the switch
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Q_Tip_inside.JPG
Ok follow these steps on everyone of the switches,to ensure they are all nice and clean my q-tip was filthy,especialy when i cleaned the "tape source" switch...the one that had most problems.
Moving on to the face plate
i used "eagle one" aluminum polish because i had it in my garage if not ,i would have used "mothers" but who cares
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Aluminum_polish.JPG
Rub it with terry cloth,or whatever you can find that is soft,and wont scratch .It was a laundry day for me ,so i couldnt find any dirty towels
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Face_plate_polishing.JPG
yes dirty
i cleaned the knobs while they were out,its easier like that,although after polishing them,i kept dropping them,because they were so smooth
Now reverse the take appart process,and you are finnished.
Honestly i didnt know that cleaning the switches would help so much,since i thought they were just old,but to my surprize they are like new now.
not even a slight noize....perfect
Here is the last pic finnished.It took about 3 hours,i was taking my time,and enjoying this thing.It is awesome its built like a tank,and everything is so simple ....i love it
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Finnished.JPG
I hope you found this usefull 
) The problems:
1)the left reel did not want to stop after FF,it would go hay wire and damage the tape.
2)The "tape source" button was making a lot of noise,and sometimes even mute one channel if touched .
3)i wanted to clean the faceplate
...all of it So lets get started
Take off the front plate (screws are common cense here,take off the screws that connect things
)http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/open_top_front.JPG
then open the top
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Open_top.JPG
as you see,its not very complicated if you just pay attention to the mechanics.
Now we will start with the brakes
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Brakes.JPG
going on, to more complicated issues.The ellectrical switches
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Bad_ellectricals.JPG
its very easy to take these appart,but lets not get confused.We want minimum troubles,so we dont have to solder.
1)pull back the spring,and lift up the pin that holds the switch to the body.
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Move_spring_back.JPG
2)now pull out the pin,and carefully remove the rod,and clean it
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Empty.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Switch_pulled_out.JPG
3)clean out the insides of the switch
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Q_Tip_inside.JPG
Ok follow these steps on everyone of the switches,to ensure they are all nice and clean
my q-tip was filthy,especialy when i cleaned the "tape source" switch...the one that had most problems.Moving on to the face plate
i used "eagle one" aluminum polish because i had it in my garage
if not ,i would have used "mothers" but who cares http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Aluminum_polish.JPG
Rub it with terry cloth,or whatever you can find that is soft,and wont scratch .It was a laundry day for me ,so i couldnt find any dirty towels
http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Face_plate_polishing.JPG
yes dirty
i cleaned the knobs while they were out,its easier like that,although after polishing them,i kept dropping them,because they were so smooth
Now reverse the take appart process,and you are finnished.
Honestly i didnt know that cleaning the switches would help so much,since i thought they were just old,but to my surprize they are like new now.
not even a slight noize....perfect Here is the last pic finnished.It took about 3 hours,i was taking my time,and enjoying this thing.It is awesome
its built like a tank,and everything is so simple ....i love it http://www.geocities.com/un_verch/Finnished.JPG
I hope you found this usefull
