Philips and auction finds (was: Re: I hate Radio Shack)

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Jun 18 23:41:19 2002

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Tony Duell wrote:

> And _any_ form of metal .vs. plastic. Many things that were metal
> castings perhaps 10 years ago are now plastic.
>
> Of course there are many types of plastic, and some of them are fine
> for such applications. But you can bet those are _not_ the ones that
> are used in cheap VCRs...

Thats the problem with the VCR I needed the service manual for...worn down
*plastic* lever/clutch. The plastic is literally worn away where it sits
against a pulley. Without a service manual, I don't even know what the
part number for the thing is. I did manage to make it work again by
smoothing the edge some, but it still makes an awful grinding noise (due
to the pulley shifting a little) when using the FF or REW modes ;P

-Toth
Received on Tue Jun 18 2002 - 23:41:19 BST