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Originally Posted by ESigma25
I actually had to partially disassemble the mechanism around the tape drum as one of the guides had come misaligned from its track, but that picture I took was after doing that and reassembling the VCR, and the guides are definitely moving in sync now and aren't loose.
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Likely need a proper alignment if a guide assembly was out of the track, or something is broken that caused it to come out.
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What exactly is "back tension"? I do notice the friction band for the left reel is in very poor shape, but would that affect playback?
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"Friction band" is probably what supplies the back tension. Back tension is the tension on the tape as it wraps around the cylinder, usually measured with a "Tentelometer" or a special back-tension tape with a scale on it, value usually specified at 25 to 30 grams as I recall.
Without proper back tension the tape won't be pulled up against the heads making contact with them and possibly causing the loss in signal off the tape like you show.