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Worked on a s*tload of those Sony SL2000s that would come in with broken off pins on the loading ring assy. Replaced dozens of those rings before they came up with a repair kit to just fix the broken off pins. Likewise the SL2500 with the same problem, plus on those the original plastic front loading gears that would break. Fix was a kit with metal gears. Some the cylinder would get worn slick and the stiction of the tape would drag in rewind, had to replace the head drum ass'y. Big bucks. And tons of SL5400s and 5600s and the Zenith equivalents that had seized capstan motors, and needed rewind kits. Ah those were the days of 25-35 VCR repairs a week, sometimes running 2 to 3 weeks turnaround because there were so many of 'em!
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