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The next morning, I went to rewind another tape, and the tape player makes a grinding sound. On *both* of the tape players, when you press Play, Rewind, and Fast Forward, it makes a strange grinding/whirring sound. It will rewind and fast forward still, but when you play a tape, the sound is all distorted and the machine eats the tape. I thought maybe a belt had slipped, so I opened the thing up. The belts were fine. The whirring noise occurs even when you half-press the buttons. It seems to be related either to the turning of the wheels where the belts are, or to something (some big cylindrical metal piece) that is between them. What I want to know is, how did this happen? What's wrong? How do I fix it? I really do not want to return the bloody thing (it's only a few months old and the warranty still holds) or take it somewhere to have it fixed. I just want it to get better. Is there a stereo repairperson among us? |
gotta dollar you can spare.......? |
I would like to keep this one if possible. |
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You can tell from the screws that I've opened it up, though. Damn. |
Throw it out the window--but first, hit it a few times and check to see if that fixes it. |
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"rat fuck pile of fuck" that's worked for me in the past. |
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