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Refugee · 21st Jan 2022, 12:05 am

I would not try any more tapes until the belts are done.
Having not had one of those machines apart since the 1980s I can't remember if you need to swing a board back or not but with the bottom plate off the spool belts are pretty easy to get at. I am pretty sure they have one big motor for the tape movement and another small motor for loading.
I don't think the loading parts need much if any lubrication.
I would wedge the cassette sensor switch/lamp and run the loading cycle a few times and see if it begins to run more smoothly before doing the belts and trying a tape again.
The two piece camcorders used to take only small tapes. The big ones took both sizes with an optional adapter that I have never seen in the flesh.
They work fine without the adapter as you have found.

21st Jan 2022, 12:05 am	#7
Refugee Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 5,554	Re: Sony VO-2630 uMatic tape load issue I would not try any more tapes until the belts are done. Having not had one of those machines apart since the 1980s I can't remember if you need to swing a board back or not but with the bottom plate off the spool belts are pretty easy to get at. I am pretty sure they have one big motor for the tape movement and another small motor for loading. I don't think the loading parts need much if any lubrication. I would wedge the cassette sensor switch/lamp and run the loading cycle a few times and see if it begins to run more smoothly before doing the belts and trying a tape again. The two piece camcorders used to take only small tapes. The big ones took both sizes with an optional adapter that I have never seen in the flesh. They work fine without the adapter as you have found.