Sony WM-10/20 User

hello i'm jmDc and i started collecting sony wm-10 and wm-20 because they are small and i like portable stuffs. i want to replace the belts of some of my wm-10/20 but i don't know how to open them any help will be greatly appreciated. thank you.

 

Hello jmDc
Welcome to the forum. Please use the service manual that I will upload here in next post. If you need the appropriate belt this is the link to get the exact size belt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Walkman-bel...186239?hash=item1e918141ff:g:eF4AAOxyrrpThOEP

Let me know if you need further help. Changing belt on this Walkman is not difficult. Sometimes you need to clean the goo of melted original belt. Make sure you clean it good

 

great! will wait for the service manual that you will upload and check the link for the belt.
thank you so much

 

Welcome to the forum, and good luck with the task!

 

Let me know if you need help and I will open one of my Wm-20 to show you How to do it

 

thank you

 

thanks so much downloading...

 

hi i was able to download the attached troubleshooting guide file (thank you) but can't find in there the disassembly procedure. yes, can you show me how to open please? thanks again.

 

I will open a Wm-20 tomorrow evening , will place pictures and simple marking to show it in a simple way

 

many thanks

 

Another Angel came down to earth!! you are just fantastic!

 

Welcome, jmDc!

 

East steps to change belts on your WM-20.
You need a tweezer and a small screw driver and obviously appropriate size belt

 

First pull down the face plastered and open the two screw shown in the red box and gently remove the face plate

 

Make sure the tape button is switched to "Normal" and Dolby is switched to "off"
( this is important when you are placing the internal parts inside the back plate)

 

Open the four screws that marked with green circle

 

By Using a pair of tweezers open the screw that hold the volume control.

 

Now you can remove the back plate. But remember yo be gentle when you are working with your Walkman.
You can look at the belt that is already installed and follow the same way this one is installed

Most probably you need to clean the melted belt. So make sure it is well cleaned before installing the belt

 

Is you see a lot of goo around the motor you should remove the plate ( by opening these 3 screws) to have better access to clean

 

I will leave this Walkman open till tomorrow. Let me know if you need additional help.
Any by the way I am not expert at all. I know very little and I would love to share what I know with other members.
And by the way, this Walkman won't work if a headphone is not hooked to it. So make sure before opening it it works and you hear the motor running