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Frosty66 · 13th Oct 2018, 9:56 pm

I have an Aiwa TPR-605 Radio Cassette manufactured, bought for nostalgia as itsteh exact model I had as a kid. I knew it would at leats need a belt and took the risk as it was the only one available anyway. It's cleaned up nicely and is now next to my bed as a radio.

As for the casette I have cleaned the pulles of the sticky gunge that used to be the belts and have replaced the two belts, the larger one is the main belt to the motor, the smaller one as far as I can make out is the autostop mechanism.

So now the forward and rewind works fine and play does play the tape in that the pinch wheel is pulling the tape through and I can year music, but the take up reel is not moving at all.

Can anyone suggest what the problem is likely to be? Is is likely to be fixable or should I just accept it's going to be just a radio ?

Also, any suggestions where I might find a user and service manual? I have searched to no avail.

13th Oct 2018, 9:56 pm	#1
Frosty66 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: London, UK. Posts: 2	Aiwa TPR-605 Radio Cassette Take up Reel Problem I have an Aiwa TPR-605 Radio Cassette manufactured, bought for nostalgia as itsteh exact model I had as a kid. I knew it would at leats need a belt and took the risk as it was the only one available anyway. It's cleaned up nicely and is now next to my bed as a radio. As for the casette I have cleaned the pulles of the sticky gunge that used to be the belts and have replaced the two belts, the larger one is the main belt to the motor, the smaller one as far as I can make out is the autostop mechanism. So now the forward and rewind works fine and play does play the tape in that the pinch wheel is pulling the tape through and I can year music, but the take up reel is not moving at all. Can anyone suggest what the problem is likely to be? Is is likely to be fixable or should I just accept it's going to be just a radio ? Also, any suggestions where I might find a user and service manual? I have searched to no avail.