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Old 3rd Jan 2020, 9:19 am   #2
TIMTAPE
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Default Re: Uher 4000 Report Monitor Noisy

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Originally Posted by DMcMahon View Post
While checking out a 4000 Report Monitor I am repairing for a friend, noticed that it is very noisy on 19 cm/s tape speed, noise appears to be coming from the interface contact of the aluminium flywheel and the driving wheel. From reading various posts, sounds like it could be due to the hardened rubber coating on the flywheel which makes contact with the driving wheel (although it is quiet in the other 3 speeds).
I have an earlier Report IC which is also noisy, or noisier on 7.5ips. The noise just seems proportional to flywheel speed.
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