Magnavox D8443 Gear

[smaw0351]

Hey folks! First post here. I recently won a Magnavox D8443 from fleaBay in decent condition. The radio tuner works well with a bit of cracking when playing with the adjustments (volume, bass, treble, etc.). The cassette player was playing a tape until I realized it was eating the tape! The spool was not advancing as it should. I broke it down last night and found a gear severely deteriorated. The gear is discolored and had a tacky/sticky feel and the two-part gear sheared off into two separate gears (see pics of the orangish gear). Forward and reverse work just fine. With some research on Boomboxery I found that this is a fairly common flaw. The post led me to Vintage Volts' 3D printed gear replacement on Shapeways (https://www.shapeways.com/product/DR5QFL7AJ/d8443-gear). Just waiting on the part to come in so I can get this baby playing some tapes!

 

[MesaAZGuy]

Yeah, Ive got mine on the bench with similar issues. Otherwise it is in pretty mint condition. I got my gear from an ebay seller Siliconemind or something to that effect. Fit nicely.

IMG_0569 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/153164955@N06/, on Flickr

 

[smaw0351]

That looks great! What 5.25" speakers did you swap out to?

 

[MesaAZGuy]

They were some off beat ones i found on Amazon. Truth be told, the sound quality sucks. i will be going back to the stockers. They look awesome otherwise. The amps don't have enough power to wake them up.

 

[caution]

Pretty poorly drawn gear IMO, the teeth are nothing like the original.
If if gives you problems, I'd be happy to draw it better

 

[baddboybill]

I have purchased a few gears from a couple different sources and while they seem ok they are a bit smaller than original. They work but you can hear slight grinding from slippage and auto stop mechanisms don’t work.