4/4/09 Nakamichi BX300 eats tape

[mjvit]

Could a broken belt cause a motor to drop out and cause the Nakamichi BX 300 to eat tapes? Or could a worn idler tire cause tape to unwind?

 

[Guest]

It's probably a take-up spool driveline problem.

The hub which connects with the right hand side of the cassette mechanism isn't running as fast or consistently as it should.

 

[thinkzinc]

Is there any way to fix this?

I have the same deck. I noticed that it eats takes when I hit the monitor button (back and forth, monitoring the recording). It doesn't happen every time, but enough that it has eaten a good share of tapes.

 

[Guest]

There may be slippage on a belt or clutch for the take up spool hub. I think if you take a look at the cassette mechanism you will probably conclude that it's virtually impossible to fix these things, especially as there's a lot of plastic in a warm working environment that ages it eventually.