I have searched as much as I can find about how to change the turntable belt on the VZ2000 and there isn't anything about how to install the 25 inch turntable belt once you have the phono part all loosened up and accessible. What is the best way to get this belt on the plastic turntable platter? Do you attack it from the front side black plastic area or remove the metal frame piece on the inside on top of the platter? Hopefully these answers/helpful hints will help for future VZ repair searches, too thanks!!

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How about a free VZ-2000 service manual? Page 38 might help the most.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mzx0thu1jeh

Fatdog -when I tried to download it - instead of the Vz manual a page came up that was:
"are you ready to take the dumb test?"

It's just a pop-up page. If you are using a tabbed browser, just close the tab to get back to the download page.

Thanks, I got it too download. It shows a good picture of the parts, but no step by step easiest way to load on this belt I just thought it was funny that dummy test came up and my thread title was for dummy too .
I was just hoping that someone who had changed these this turntable belt can help with the process of how they got it on the platter. There are many thread posts about freeing up the phono assembly, but no posts that I could find about the best way to get this belt on to the platter.

Hello Allen!!!! How-ya-doin'?

To change a belt on a VZ... Yap, you gots to do it the only way, the hard way......

Have you found a topic on that on ST2G with pics?

I cannot give any pics on how to change one, for My VZs are in France.......

The small belt (the one that makes the needels go foward) is okay to change -as you might have seen.... But for the big T-table belt, yes... you have to (once you have removed the T-table): undo the wires that can be unplugged, keep the T-table stable not to pull on the wires that cannot be unplugged (unless you take the whole VZ appart -is it a 2000 or 2500?), unscrew and lift up on the circuitry board to be able to slip the belt over and onto the table. For the belt not to slip everytime you try to put it on... try using a piece of tape to hold it into position... and take you time for the rest!

Hope this helped!

Later

O.K. Saturday was d-day for the VZ belts repair. It didn't go exactly as I had planned -but that is how it goes in war and boomboxes. Opening up the turntable part was easy thanks to Docs thread and Alexis video. The guy I had bought it from told me he had used rubber bands in place of the correct belts. So I knew I was on borrowed time for the record player to work.
When I got in there sure enough there was a red paperboy style rubber band where the needle belt goes. The proper belt swapped on very easily. As for the turntable platter belt. It actually had the correct belt on it and I checked it all around and it seems really good shape. So after a lot of thought about putting on the brand new one (since I had already psyched myself up for it) I decided to go with the "if it ain't broke - don't fix it" theory and left it alone. So now the record plays great again - But:
The right channel only plays intermittently now. I took apart and cleaned the power switch, deoxited (without fully removing the switches/buttons) the volume, balance, and function keys, let it rest and it has only got worse. So I am pretty bummed out. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this problem?

Hummmm.... Does it do that only with the T-table playing (side A only, side B only -both sides, or with the cassette, T-table and radio?

The right channel goes in and out at different times, but is the same for tape, radio, and both sides phono.
It used to be that I could just power it on 3 or 4 times and then the speakers would stay on. Now that doesn't work very well either and once the sound goes out on that side it never comes back. When I power it on a couple of times, I can hear the right side crackling and then sometimes that side kicks on and stays on while on radio or tape. Then when I switch it to phono it will stay on for a little while and then go back out. Tape seams to be the best as far as that channel staying on and then radio, then phono is by far the worst. Also when you power it off the speakers kick back on for just a split second before it goes off.

Mmmmmmmmm.....

Compasitor...???!!!!

Might be....

One really need to have the unit infront to see and do!

Try to contact Kit or Ramon and give much more details see what they can do/say/come up with... and... Ehh, cross them fingers!

Heres a really good site you may find of interest:

http://www.turntableneedles.com/