Sony WM-5 Auto Stop keeps going off

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  1. Migilus Migilacuty

    Migilus Migilacuty Member

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    Hi there
    Just replaced the center gear in my WM-5 and it works fine but after 15 minutes or so of playing a cassette the auto stop will start to go off at random 10-60 second intervals, I swapped some parts of the auto stop assembly with spare parts from a broken/parts WM-2 but no luck.

    Watching the mechanism I can see it will work fine but the little lever that goes back and forth will occasionally snap to far back and then snap way to far in the other position causing it to overshoot the arm attached to the pick up reel that catches it.

    The WM-5 uses a mechanism extremely similar to the DD series, just without the Disc Drive.
    Does anyone have any experience with this issue?
    Thanks.
     

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