Advice for tape drive repair / maintenance

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 --- Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wr
ote: 
> On 18/12/06 16:49, "Richard" <legalize at xmission.co
m>
> wrote:
> 
> > :-).  The problem is that the rubber tends to
> break down with age and
> > turns to goo no matter what.  Sometimes on old
> equipment the part has
> > completely turned to a puddle of goo without eve
n
> attempting to use
> > it.
> 
> Ya, the transport rollers in the tape drive for my
> Sharp MZ80B have wept all
> over the metalwork. 'Tis a bit of a mess and will
> take some undoing......
> 
> -- 
> Adrian/Witchy
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Going slightly OT, I assume the same thing
would happen to any rubber rollers in VHS
players, and be the main (only?) reason why
VHS players start chewing VHS tapes?

(I have a DVD player and am considering
getting a cheap DVD recorder)


Regards,
Andrew B
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