I got this little Sanyo M7850K recently, and the tape deck wasn't working. You could hear the motor spinning, but no capstan movement at all. So I figured this is the smallest boombox I own so why not give it a shot? Thanks to the folks here i was able to identify the belt I needed and got one off eBay.
Someone had opened this up and several screws that hold the circuit boards in place were missing, but enough were there to hold it all in place. I noticed black goo all over the belt pullys and I thought someone had added that as sort of a belt dressing/anti-slip solution, but I learned this can happen from the old belt giving up. So with a good amount of q-tips, alcohol and time, I got all that goop cleaned up. I put on the new belt and gradually put the whole thing back together, plugged it in and I was thrilled to see it works!! I feel so accomplished, lol! I think I picked a great song to be the first one played with it's newly installed drive belt:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSUjbjz_esw[/media]
Someone had opened this up and several screws that hold the circuit boards in place were missing, but enough were there to hold it all in place. I noticed black goo all over the belt pullys and I thought someone had added that as sort of a belt dressing/anti-slip solution, but I learned this can happen from the old belt giving up. So with a good amount of q-tips, alcohol and time, I got all that goop cleaned up. I put on the new belt and gradually put the whole thing back together, plugged it in and I was thrilled to see it works!! I feel so accomplished, lol! I think I picked a great song to be the first one played with it's newly installed drive belt:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSUjbjz_esw[/media]
