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Old 16th Aug 2019, 11:21 am   #16
SteveCG
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Default Re: Grundig TK120 tape recorder

Pete (Tractorfan),

I came across some discarded rubber bands - 'standard issue' Royal Mail I believe. These are nearly the right dimensions, so I tried out your suggestion.

The rewind was certainly a lot better, however the tension of the band on the reel holder was not quite enough to hold it on for long. So as part of experimentation I'm thinking that I could cut out about 10% of the band and glue it together again. I have read on the forum of superglue being successfully used on drive belts, but since I have found that superglue containers once opened tend to ooze - no matter what you try doing to stop it - I am proposing trying UHU glue, which I already have.
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