ISO idler wheel ("tire"?) for a Toshiba DX900 PCM VCR!

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I once "repaired" a cassette deck FF/REW wheel in this way: I bought
some Prestone belt dressing from an auto parts store. I sprayed some
onto a large cotton swab and swabbed the rubber drive wheel. The
"repair" has lasted for a few years now. YMMV. The belt dressing is
designed to help car engine belts grab when they start to slip on their
pulleys. It seems to have some sort of glue in it. later, ron

Rob Aries wrote:
> Just trying to keep my "poor man's DAT" going a little longer. Of
> course, these days it's just my regular home VCR. I do have a few old
> PCM tapes I'd like to be able to access someday, so I'm not ready to
> toss this beast yet!
>
> I've googled for repair & parts sources, also tried Ebay.
>
> Maybe there's a way of "rejuvenating" the rubber so I can get a
> temporary reprieve? Enough to archive my old tapes would be nice. I'll
> be sorry to let this machine go, it was very reliable for a LONG time.
> The only parts that have been any problems are the belts, and now the
> idler--just deteriorating rubber. Any tips and/or sources for parts are
> apppreciated. Thanks!
>
> Rob Aries

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Thanks Scott. Didn't turn up anything on partsexpress.com, maybe I'll
try a phone call on Monday.

In article <dbtud1$po$1@panix2.panix.com>,
kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>
> Parts Express should have them in stock. Have you tried them?

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In article <rob_aries-D21C6E.16240923072005@news.isp.giganews.com> rob_aries@hotmail.com writes:

> Thanks for this tip Ron! Just the kind of thing I was looking for.
> I'll still look for the part, but I'll try this idea first.

I have a bottle of Vita-Drive rubber cleaner that I've probably had
for 40 years, maybe more. Lasts a long time. I did a Google search for
it to see if it was still available, and after narrowing things down
to eliminate what appeared to be some sort of health pills, I came up
with a reference to:

Vita-Drive Rubber Drive Cleaner
Scotty Enterprises of Monroe, Inc.,
645 Ketal Ave, Williamstown, NJ 08094.
Tel # 609-728-9438.

Their claim on label: "Will restore the gripping
surface of hardened rubber drives used in Tape Recorders and Video
Equipment, etc."

I don't know how old that info is, and the phone number doesn't come
up with a name with an on-line reverse lookup, so maybe it's a dead
end. But it's probably worth a phone call during business hours. It's
really great stuff, if it still exists and it's like what they made in
the 1950s.


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