Hello Rerooted,

As promised, kindly find illustration below to help you in replacing the WM-7 drive belt.

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Remove screws no.1 and 2 first as illustrated above.

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Slowly pry and remove the control switches function panel. Then followed by removing screw no.3

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Carefully flip over the board and you can see the tape drive mechanism. ( Be careful not to break the delicate flex cables and servo motor wiring. )

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You can now perform the belt replacement without any hassle.

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Always perform a full functional test of your walkman after you assemble back the unit.

I hope you find this helpful and wish you good luck!!

Bravo!  This is an excellent guide.  Belt change on the WM-7 can be a fearfull task.

thanks a million. i have a new belt and don't believe i ruined anything on my one attempt. i am going to give it another shot and who knows,, i may get lucky. a picture is worth a thousand words,, alot more confidence too....rerooted....