Hi,
does anyone in here have a service manual for the 8989? Mine's really looking clean from the out- and inside, sound (radio) is beautiful but the tape deck needs some work. It would be great if someone could help me with this. Flat belt is torn but I'm afraid there's something else.
Thanks alot,
Dankaholic

probably the idler wheel rubber needs replacement.....do a search in the forum for tech answers and you should be able to find what your looking for......

yo dave
thanks for the quick answer. the situation is this: tape mechanism is stuck on play but nothing spinning, i.e. pinch roller is down, head is up, play button is stuck and motor doesn't move. strange ain't it?

edit:
somehow the motor doesn't get juice and i can't press the upper row of the knobs (rec play rew ff). but like i said everything looks very fit and clean from the inside ..

Unfortunately there's a broke lever in the tape mechanism. Looks like I need another entire tape unit. Maybe I'll wait and continue working on the other boxes. For everyone in need, here's the link to the service manual

Sharp GF-8989 Service Manual

Peace
danky

Thanks for that service manual link, could prove useful around these parts.

Yeah no prob take it as a donation ..