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Re: The Teac...

I have a Teac A-4010 SL (anyone w/a spare head block cover?) and
experienced a similar problem. It's possible that the grease that
was in place between the solenoid and the linkage that attaches
to the pinch roller has sence gummed up. I've cleaned those surfaces
as good as I can without dismantling it and then put fresh lubricant
where the old grease used to be. My symptom was that the pinch
roller wouldn't put enough pressure on the capstan to pull the tape
across the heads. When manually pressed against the capstan, it
worked. When you hit stop, the capstan SHOULD snap back to it's
resting position. Prior to cleaning and relubing, it s-l-o-w-l-y
drifted back to it's resting position. There also should be a fine
adjustment at the solenoid if the solenoid can't/dosn't pull the
pinch roller quite up enough to make sure contact with the capstan
but without a professional advising you, I'd touch it as last resort.
(bought mine for $1.25, bought a belt for $8 and bypassed the
special plug in for the AC and wired a plug direct to the unit,
won't loose much if I screw up an adjustment or procedure)

Alex


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