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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
The idler used in that changer is not one that could repaired with a O-ring. It's a totally different type of idler wheel with a molded tire on a small diameter cast aluminum or pot metal wheel. I can see why the firm would want the kind of money to refurbish the original.
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Yeah, it definitely had a lot of rubber on it and about 95% of the rubber is still intact on the original idler tire and the other 5% is crumbled off due to the rubber being dried up.
Yeah the Voice of Music website had this particular idler tire for $28 plus the shipping costs of returning the original idler tire to them and then the shipping costs to ship the new one which brought the price to nearly $40 which is way more expensive than I was willing to pay for this part.
I mean when I ordered the drive tire for an old RCA 45 RPM Changer that I restored for someone that part was only $10 plus the return cost (which was way cheaper.)