Hi all,
Can anyone help with this? Over Christmas I’ve been servicing and repairing my Beocord 8000 tape deck. I treated myself to some new idler wheels from Danish Sound Parts. The deck had always worked reasonably well until this past summer, when fast-forward started to slow to a snail’s pace before eventually stopping working altogether. From what I could find online, this strongly pointed towards worn idlers within the mechanism itself.
I’ve owned this deck since 2015 – it was actually the first piece of B&O kit I ever bought for myself. The other day I fully dismantled the transport and fitted thenew belts and idlers, but unfortunately it’s still not behaving quite right.
At the moment it plays and rewinds fine, but even after the idler replacement the mechanism still slows down during fast forward, and when playing the audio is now noticeably more wobbly too.
If I press my finger onto the microswitch at the top of that transport that detects a tape being present and then press play, I can actually see the left take-up spool stuttering very slightly, almost as if something in the clutch mechanism is slipping or not engaging properly. The right take up spool seems to be operating normally during play back.
If I do the same test and press fast-forward, the right take-up spool spins up at a decent speed, but the left spool is again stuttering. If I touch the left spool It also feels like it has a bit of resistance like something in the mechanism is fighting against it. I’m wondering if this resistance is why fast-forward isn’t working correctly when a cassette is present. I’m also not 100% sure whether the left-hand take-up spool should even be spinning during fast-forward or playback at all, or if only the right side should be fully active when in these modes. Most other decks I am familiar with only have the right hand spool spinning during playback and fast forward and the left strictly for rewind.
I’m aware I’m probably going to have to dismantle the transport again, but before I do, is there anything specific I should be looking for? One thought I had was that the brake portion might be catching on the left-hand spool, but it’s very difficult to see clearly or work out if that’s actually happening or if anyone else has any ideas it would be very much appreciated
PS. Also to add when the machine is on and the motor is running there is now a very slight ticking/clicking noise coming from the mechanism too
Thanks
Ryan
Can anyone help with this? Over Christmas I’ve been servicing and repairing my Beocord 8000 tape deck. I treated myself to some new idler wheels from Danish Sound Parts. The deck had always worked reasonably well until this past summer, when fast-forward started to slow to a snail’s pace before eventually stopping working altogether. From what I could find online, this strongly pointed towards worn idlers within the mechanism itself.
I’ve owned this deck since 2015 – it was actually the first piece of B&O kit I ever bought for myself. The other day I fully dismantled the transport and fitted thenew belts and idlers, but unfortunately it’s still not behaving quite right.
At the moment it plays and rewinds fine, but even after the idler replacement the mechanism still slows down during fast forward, and when playing the audio is now noticeably more wobbly too.
If I press my finger onto the microswitch at the top of that transport that detects a tape being present and then press play, I can actually see the left take-up spool stuttering very slightly, almost as if something in the clutch mechanism is slipping or not engaging properly. The right take up spool seems to be operating normally during play back.
If I do the same test and press fast-forward, the right take-up spool spins up at a decent speed, but the left spool is again stuttering. If I touch the left spool It also feels like it has a bit of resistance like something in the mechanism is fighting against it. I’m wondering if this resistance is why fast-forward isn’t working correctly when a cassette is present. I’m also not 100% sure whether the left-hand take-up spool should even be spinning during fast-forward or playback at all, or if only the right side should be fully active when in these modes. Most other decks I am familiar with only have the right hand spool spinning during playback and fast forward and the left strictly for rewind.
I’m aware I’m probably going to have to dismantle the transport again, but before I do, is there anything specific I should be looking for? One thought I had was that the brake portion might be catching on the left-hand spool, but it’s very difficult to see clearly or work out if that’s actually happening or if anyone else has any ideas it would be very much appreciated
PS. Also to add when the machine is on and the motor is running there is now a very slight ticking/clicking noise coming from the mechanism too
Thanks
Ryan
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