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Akai M8 pinch roller

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goblin141

a friend gave me 2 Teac RTRs and the Akai. I replaced the o-ring in the back and am going to clean the rest. The Akai which has be used a couple of times a year since new will go back to him until I replace belts and clean the Teac 4010SL which has been his house RTR and I get the Akai back. The pinch roller in the Akai is smooth on the top edge and very rough where it contacts the tape, vertical cuts/cracks. Is it supposed to be smooth top to bottom?

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RE: Akai M8 pinch roller - Marantzguy 10:59:31 06/13/12 (4)
Hi, goblin141:

You obviously need to replace the pinch roller in the AKAI M-8. Pinch rollers are supposed to be of a uniform surface and by now, this old machine could use a replacement. Good luck finding one!

Richard Links
Berkeley, CA
- RE: Akai M8 pinch roller - goblin141 07:55:11 06/15/12 (3)
  I finally found a picture online. The cracking is so uniform and only where the tape runs I thought they made theirs different. Finding one is going to be tough. Thanks Wes
  - RE: Akai M8 pinch roller - Inmate51 18:02:29 06/15/12 (2)
    There shouldn't be any cracks. Sounds like the "rubber compound" has dried and deteriorated. There's a source that I've seen mentioned here a few times, and I'm darned if I can remember it, but it's something like "rollers dot com", with some guy's name at the beginning. If you gogle that, it'll probably come up.
    
    hth
    - Thanks, will look for it nt - goblin141 08:06:29 06/16/12 (1)
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      - RE: Thanks, will look for it nt - Inmate51 08:17:27 06/16/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Thanks, will look for it nt posted by goblin141 on June 16, 2012 at 08:06:29
        
        "Found it." ;)
        
        www.terrysrubberrollers.com
        
        You should also try googling a guy in Texas who has a large stock of r-2-r machines and parts. Once again, I can't remember the name, but I think he's in the Houston area. Try "reel to reel vintage" or similar searches, he'll come up.
        
        :)

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