Now we are going to disassemble the Beocord 5000 (continuing with actual belt replacement in part 2).

Here we have the patient. We start by turning it upside down (disconnecting from mains first, naturally).

First remove the wooden outer cover (4 highlighted screws), and then unscrew the single hightlighted screw on back of the Beocord - but only as far as it turns easily, do not remove it completely! (It keeps the black plastic mask cover in place). Under the wooden cover You find five more screws, three on the front edge and one on each side. Remove these as well (they secure the keyboard assembly).  You can as well loosen the two larger screws in the middle front of the bottom plate so that they can later be slide thru their slots - they hold the cassette mechanism in position.

Then turn the unit over and remove the black mask cover by lifting it from upper corners, moving a bit up freeing the flaps under the keyboard, and finally removing the springs which are attached to the upper corners of the cover (leave the other ends of the springs as they are). The result should look like this:

Now (if You removed the 5 screws under the wooden cover in the first step from underneath) the keyboard assembly can be carefully folded up and forward, but remember to take out the tape counter belt which runs on the right side between the keyboard assembly and the cassette mechanism!

The highlighted three screws hold the PCB:s in place: two on the main one and one on smaller board. Remove these and the boards can be lifted up on side supports for service position.

Finally release the cassette mechanism from the chassis: lift the highlighted arm free from the recording solenoid pin (in front of the mechanism) and take off the highlighted tapehead wire connector, then slide the mechanism a bit forward so that the bottom screws can slide thru their slots (if You didn't loosen the bottom screws in step 1 do it now!)

Now we are ready to continue to part 2...

When reassembling pay attention to correct positioning of the keyboard assembly (remembering the tape counter belt as well!), it needs a bit of wiggling to sit on neatly.

- Jari