What kind of lubrication might I use?
Which parts tend to be squeaky, and where can I find them easily?

Thanks in advance,
Paul

blacktick wrote:
What kind of lubrication might I use?

Depends on what is squeaky. I'd start with turbine oil on anything with
a sleeve bearing, and a light instrument grease on things that need greasing.

Which parts tend to be squeaky, and where can I find them easily?

Usually if something is squeaking, it's the shell and not the deck.
But the deck service manual will have complete directions on equipment
lubrication, which is usually an annual sort of thing.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message ...
blacktick wrote:
What kind of lubrication might I use?

Depends on what is squeaky. I'd start with turbine oil on anything with
a sleeve bearing, and a light instrument grease on things that need greasing.

Which parts tend to be squeaky, and where can I find them easily?

Usually if something is squeaking, it's the shell and not the deck.
But the deck service manual will have complete directions on equipment
lubrication, which is usually an annual sort of thing.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."


In my case(s), I'm with your last comment - - it's almost invariably been
the actual cassette which is doing the squeaking and not the deck.

--
David Morgan (MAMS)
http://www.m-a-m-s.com
http://www.artisan-recordingstudio.com

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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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blacktick wrote:
What kind of lubrication might I use?

Depends on what is squeaky. I'd start with turbine oil on anything with
a sleeve bearing, and a light instrument grease on things that need
greasing.

Which parts tend to be squeaky, and where can I find them easily?

Usually if something is squeaking, it's the shell and not the deck.
But the deck service manual will have complete directions on equipment
lubrication, which is usually an annual sort of thing.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."


In my case(s), I'm with your last comment - - it's almost invariably been
the actual cassette which is doing the squeaking and not the deck.

--
David Morgan (MAMS)
http://www.m-a-m-s.com
http://www.artisan-recordingstudio.com



Thanks for the help guys...I think this deck is pretty chronic with the
squeaking, with any tape. I will get some turbine grease and start
selectively lubing.

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:07:52 -0500, "blacktick"
wrote:

What kind of lubrication might I use?
Which parts tend to be squeaky, and where can I find them easily?

Thanks in advance,
Paul


I think the cassettes may have caught moisture similar as reel to reel
tapes do. The squeak is very loud and high pitched then and it can
even be reproduced trough loudspeakers. Try to squeeze hard the
cassertte box, just pay attention not to break it. Then slam the box
one or two times to your palm and see if the squeak is gone. If it is
still present, well, try to dismantle the box and see whether there
arte deposits on the tape way and if needed, clean. This problem is
quite common and stubborn nowadays. I have some old Schotch cassettes,
back coated, which rewind problematically, because they wanted the
tape to rewind perfectly 20+ years ago. Sigh.

Edi Zubovic, Crikvenica, Croatia

"David Morgan (MAMS)" wrote in message
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In my case(s), I'm with your last comment - - it's almost invariably been
the actual cassette which is doing the squeaking and not the deck.


Warning. possibly stupid question. But has anybody ever rigged a playback
deck to play problem tapes pulled from their shell (shucked?) and play them
(without the shell)? Of course it would have limited uses but if you had a
batch of bad tapes it would seem easier to be able to pull them out and play
them (possibly for just digitizing and then scraping the originals) like
that than doing the case transfer. Just curious.

Ricky W. Hunt wrote:

Warning. possibly stupid question. But has anybody ever rigged a playback
deck to play problem tapes pulled from their shell (shucked?) and play them
(without the shell)? Of course it would have limited uses but if you had a
batch of bad tapes it would seem easier to be able to pull them out and play
them (possibly for just digitizing and then scraping the originals) like
that than doing the case transfer. Just curious.

Yes. A government agency that I have worked with has an ATR-100 rigged
up with funny 1/8" guides and a funny head for this sort of thing. Although
they don't have a regular cassette head.

The problem is that the shell is part of the cassette system, and if you
take the tape out of the shell and put it into another shell, the azimuth
changes. Same if you put it on another transport.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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Yes. A government agency that I have worked with has an ATR-100 rigged
up with funny 1/8" guides and a funny head for this sort of thing.
Although
they don't have a regular cassette head.


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