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Originally Posted by waltchan
.. but there is no reel belt inside..
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On the AG-1800/VR-HF600 there should be a belt from the capstan motor to the reel clutch pulley. IF I remember right.
I guess I could drive over to the old shop, dig out the service manual and verify it. But I won't. Not that big a deal.
I used to replace heads on VCRs, one or two a week at one point. The folks at ASTI Magnetics knew me by first name from all the times I would call in an order for a new upper cylinder head ass'y.
Never had the pinch spring get weak and cause problems, was always the slick, worn out pinch roller.
I do remember the OE Panasonic pinch rollers came complete with the arm and new spring, but after those were discontinued I replaced just the roller on many and that's all it took to fix the skewing problem.
Does testify to the quality of the mechanism in some of these old machines, just replace a few worn parts and good to go for thousands more hours.