Hi guys,

I've just changed the belts on my Deccasound DCS1122 and joy of joys, the left hand tape deck now works perfectly!

However, the right one still doesn't work. When I went to put a tape in it, I noticed the head was raised as if it was in the play position so I couldn't get the tape in and when I pressed 'stop' it didn't move.

I did notice this had fallen out of somewhere when I went to put everything back together. Any idea what it is and could this cause the head to raise up?

The other thing I was thinking was perhaps the motor is burnt out as it makes no sound, no matter what button I press and if the deck was stuck in the 'play' position, surely it would constantly spin the motor?

Thanks in advance,

Giles

That part (pic above: needle in a haystack)  No Idea!

Did you take picture's of your steps of replacing Your belts?

Did you play the deck just after replacing the belts 'before' putting it back together?

After installing the belt - did you rotate the belt ( by hand ' your finger pushing the flywheel') through 1 complete cycle to ensure smooth operation before putting this back together?

I didn't take any pictures of the steps of replacing the belts as I'd just done the left hand deck which worked perfectly. I only tried playing a tape once I had put it back together. I'll take it apart again and try rotating the flywheel to see if everything is moving as it should.