Victor JVC M70 pinch roller pin

[nikonfoo]

Anyone replaced one before and can ofer advice
I have been lucky have had a lot of JVCs never had to change the pinch roller
well always a first seems like JVC made this as a none replacable part
instead of a push out pin like on the Sharps the roller is almost riveted in
Darn

 

[nikonfoo]

ah worked it out sort of
not sure this is the best way but i bent the metal holder
and then replaced the roller and bent it back
not sure thats the best way but seems to work

 

[blu_fuz]

Hopefully it works out. Good luck!
M70 decks are really tough after all these years.

 

[BoomboxLover48]

As I remember one end is left free and the other end of the pin is secured to the holder. It could be a friction joint. I can't remember.

I was thinking about filing the rivet end cap, or push it out and replace with another pin, and use dremel to make grooves for C clips.

I think it was designed for a full part replacement for the holder and pinch roller assembly.
All the pinch roller on my JVCs looks like new.
Sharp's rollers got hardened and cracked in many cases.

 

[nikonfoo]

yes i think they must of used a much better rubber on the JVC
as for Sharp they almost always need to be replaced
lucky they made it easy to do