I am new to all of this but I recently bought a bag of assorted belts online. I replaced the belts on my old WM-FX241 and a nos WM-FX195. My belts are all 1mm square belts. My best tapes play well but the wow and flutter when playing many of my cassettes is horrible. I actually thought the batteries were going dead last night playing a new tape that I just recorded. The tape is fine in other players but not in the fx-195. I just ordered the right belts from FixYourAudio. How much of a difference do Y'all think the correct belts will make? Thanks a lot, Gene
Belts are huge and the assortments are hit or a big miss. They are a really important part of the transport and I'm sure the last thing a manufacturer wanted was a high "bad belt" return rate on new units, pretty much killing any profit. Russell Industries (also known as PBR) still makes and supplies most USA Retailers, at least as far as I can tell. Their website is copywrited 1998 but they are still in business and if you dig deep into the website through a bunch of links, you can find the master belt catalogs. https://www.russellind.com/ Turntable Needles has been good to me when my stock doesn't have a belt I need but I don't see either of your units listed, I'm pretty sure they resell Russell Belts. https://www.turntableneedles.com/ Even new belts can be an issue, they still fell flexible but they get hard and slide on the pulleys, sometimes Rubber Renue can extend the life if a replacement isn't easily found.
