[Mark D. Zacharias[_2_]]

"Terry" wrote in message
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I just bought a Nakamichi RX-202 cassette recorder/player.
The FF & RW won't work.
I've been told it is a bad IDLER TIRE.
Can someone point me to where this TIRE is?

Thanks,
Terry



It's a helluva big job on this model. Better to pay someone who has
experience on these.


Mark Z.

[EADGBE]

On Oct 12, 4:53 am, "Mark D. Zacharias"
wrote:

It's a helluva big job on this model. Better to pay someone who has
experience on these.

Mark Z.


Mark is absolutely right. Ordinarily the idler tire is accessed
fairly easily on Nakamichi decks of this vintage, but on the RX
series, it is much more complicated because of the tape-turning
mechanism PLUS the fact that the entire tape transport is mounted
"upside down" to accomodate that mechanism.

It really is a job only for someone who is experienced and qualified
to work on Nakamichi decks.

But if you must know where the idler tyre is, pretend that you have X-
ray vision for a moment. If you look at the deck when there is no
tape in it, concentrate on the black plastic tape hubs in the center
of the cassette well. Using your X-ray vision, look through the rear
wall of the cassette well, and you will see the idler tyre. It is
located behind this black metal rear wall. It swings between the tape
hubs and rotates against them to activate Play, FF, and RW functions.

On the RX series, this idler tyre is pretty deep inside the deck, and
only experienced hands should attempt a replacement. Trust me (and
Mark Z.) on this one.

[Mark D. Zacharias[_2_]]

"EADGBE" wrote in message
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On Oct 12, 4:53 am, "Mark D. Zacharias"
wrote:

It's a helluva big job on this model. Better to pay someone who has
experience on these.

Mark Z.


Mark is absolutely right. Ordinarily the idler tire is accessed
fairly easily on Nakamichi decks of this vintage, but on the RX
series, it is much more complicated because of the tape-turning
mechanism PLUS the fact that the entire tape transport is mounted
"upside down" to accomodate that mechanism.

It really is a job only for someone who is experienced and qualified
to work on Nakamichi decks.

But if you must know where the idler tyre is, pretend that you have X-
ray vision for a moment. If you look at the deck when there is no
tape in it, concentrate on the black plastic tape hubs in the center
of the cassette well. Using your X-ray vision, look through the rear
wall of the cassette well, and you will see the idler tyre. It is
located behind this black metal rear wall. It swings between the tape
hubs and rotates against them to activate Play, FF, and RW functions.

On the RX series, this idler tyre is pretty deep inside the deck, and
only experienced hands should attempt a replacement. Trust me (and
Mark Z.) on this one.



X-ray vision! I love it!

mz