18 Jun
2002
18 Jun
'02
4:41 p.m.
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
And _any_ form of metal .vs. plastic. Many things that
were metal
castings perhaps 10 years ago are now plastic.
Of course there are many types of plastic, and some of them are fine
for such applications. But you can bet those are _not_ the ones that
are used in cheap VCRs...
Thats the problem with the VCR I needed the service manual for...worn down
*plastic* lever/clutch. The plastic is literally worn away where it sits
against a pulley. Without a service manual, I don't even know what the
part number for the thing is. I did manage to make it work again by
smoothing the edge some, but it still makes an awful grinding noise (due
to the pulley shifting a little) when using the FF or REW modes ;P
-Toth