8 Aug
2006
8 Aug
'06
11:03 a.m.
On 8/8/2006 at 10:40 AM Al Kossow wrote:
It should be possible to use rubber tubing of the right
diameter and
gasket
cement to fix the HP drives. Brad Parker gave me a 1
foot piece of rubber
tubing that is the right diameter for TU58 rollers.
This problem is becoming epidemic on many older audio cassette decks and
reel-to-reel recorders. Fortunately, there are some folks out there who
can do a very nice job at rebuilding them. I'd use rubber tubing if my use
was casual, but for serious stuff, I'd go with a rebuilt roller.
I understand that the tendency of a roller to gooify has a lot to do with
the air quaility of the environment. A unit stored in Los Angeles or
Mexico City with a high ambient ozone level is likely to go bad much more
quickly than one stored in rural North Dakota.
Cheers,
Chuck