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Jan Zodiac · 5th Jun 2022, 9:02 pm

Hello,

I had a few of these Beocord's over time, and they all suffered the same problem except one, that had the motor replaced. That motor did not look quite like the original, but it was the correct replacement part. I assume the original motors were not very reliable, so they switched to another supplier. They were used in several other types of their cassette recorders back then. A lot developed problems with speed. I know this does not fix the problem, but I recall that technicians talked about it as being common for these motors to fail.

Regards,

Jan

5th Jun 2022, 9:02 pm	#7
Jan Zodiac Pentode Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Aabenraa, South Jutland, Denmark. Posts: 231	Re: Beocord 5000 (Type 4715) Capstan Motor Speed Hello, I had a few of these Beocord's over time, and they all suffered the same problem except one, that had the motor replaced. That motor did not look quite like the original, but it was the correct replacement part. I assume the original motors were not very reliable, so they switched to another supplier. They were used in several other types of their cassette recorders back then. A lot developed problems with speed. I know this does not fix the problem, but I recall that technicians talked about it as being common for these motors to fail. Regards, Jan