Hi, new member here 
I recently purchased an RX-C53, but found the record button doesn't stay down (90% of the time,anyway).
The record button also seems to cause an inconsistent issue with the speakers either only playing audio from one side or neither, meaning I have to press it a few times to get both speakers working. I thought it was possibly some sort of dodgy connection based on this but I'm doubting it now.
I've taken it apart as it needed a bit of a clean anyway, but nothing is jumping out at me as being the issue. The belts are okay, could do with a replacement for the counter belt at some point but the others all look good. I DID get the record button to stay down once I took the deck out of the main cabinet, but when I put it back in the record mechanism was released again? It seems like something is very sensitive to being knocked, so isn't always clicking into place but I can't see what.
I'm hesitant to deconstuct the deck itself as I have very little idea of what I'm doing, and would be gutted if something went wrong because I was being nosy lol.
If anyone could help me I'd be very grateful, I can get pictures if needed
I recently purchased an RX-C53, but found the record button doesn't stay down (90% of the time,anyway).
The record button also seems to cause an inconsistent issue with the speakers either only playing audio from one side or neither, meaning I have to press it a few times to get both speakers working. I thought it was possibly some sort of dodgy connection based on this but I'm doubting it now.
I've taken it apart as it needed a bit of a clean anyway, but nothing is jumping out at me as being the issue. The belts are okay, could do with a replacement for the counter belt at some point but the others all look good. I DID get the record button to stay down once I took the deck out of the main cabinet, but when I put it back in the record mechanism was released again? It seems like something is very sensitive to being knocked, so isn't always clicking into place but I can't see what.
I'm hesitant to deconstuct the deck itself as I have very little idea of what I'm doing, and would be gutted if something went wrong because I was being nosy lol.
If anyone could help me I'd be very grateful, I can get pictures if needed