Robert Stevens wrote:
I had a problem with my A800 pre-stablizer shifting down a couple mm causin=
g tape to get dragged down on the head and making a crinkling noise at the =
roller. =20
I took the assembly off the machine and added a brass spacer shim ring to t=
he shaft as per the service manual instructions. This raised the stabilize=
r roller back up to the correct height.
When I put the assembly back in the machine, it operates very sluggishly. =
It used to clamp down on the tape almost instantly but now it takes a coupl=
e seconds to fully engage as well as a few seconds to fully release. The o=
riginal problem has been solved but now a new one in it's place.
The question of course is how did I frig up the engage disengage speed of t=
he 2 rollers? I did not make mechanical adjustments (intentionally) to the =
assembly.
The first thing is to figure out how the tension arm shifted in the first
place. I bet a nickel if you can see what caused that that you will know
the whole story.
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--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."