Tape Deck Repair Parts Idler tire/Inner Diameter 17mm/Thickness 3mm/Width 2mm/1 Piece

hi welcome to another video of multitrack advance in this video I'm going to show you how to replace the idler tires of the test camp 244 on my unit I had the problem that when I hit play or rewind or fast-forward the heads would engage for maybe 2 or 3 seconds and then disengage automatically this indicates a problem with the idler tires these are rubber tires around 2 small plastic wheels inside the tape transport mechanism this video is based on a tutorial that I found on our website called MZ entertainment.com there's a link to this page in the description of this video please check it out I should give a big thumbs up to the to the author of this excellent article first turn around a recorder and unscrew all the screws that you see on the bottom of the unit after that you can lift the bottom off you don't have to be intimidated by all the wires and and electronics that you see don'