10 Nov
2006
10 Nov
'06
7:58 p.m.
On Nov 8, 2006, at 8:43 PM, Scott Quinn wrote:
We've gotten as far as replacing the capstan with
a similarly-
sized piece of tubing, and now he's having problems with the tape
coming off the reels (no problems on another DC2000
(I think) style drive) I'm at a loss (can't see the setup, either).
Any ideas? I've gone over the loose bands problem with him,
and it isn't that.
It wouldn't be. The replacement roller is wrong; it's probably too
big or perhaps too soft (deformable) or maybe even not exactly on-
axis, in any case resulting in incorrect force loading on the drive
capstan in the tape cartridge. This causes the drive band to "creep"
on the capstan, and thus ultimately on the tape itself.
He's going to have to _re_ re-roller the drive.
ok
bear