Beocord 1200: Right reel does not run continuously

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Hi

Found this interesting and glad you sorted the issue. I have recently bought and worked on 1200 to get it working well. Most recently at vertical there was a rubbing sound on play that disappeared at horizontal. Couldn't worked it out for a while, but it turned out to be very small cracks in the plastic housing for the main motor. The weight of the motor stressed the cracks. It probably wasn't the right way to proceed but I Dremmeled off some metal from the motor just to give it a bit more space to circulate and problem solved.

Keep up the good work

Simon

Location: Sweden

Simon Down
Hi Simon,

and thanks for the hint. Good to know that in case this might help!

Best - J.

 

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I too have a BC1200 so shall be bookmarking this episode because no doubt I'll encounter similar issues. Excellent Sherlock work @van Jensen 🕵️‍♀️

Location: Kent, UK

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😁 Thx! @pepps

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