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Old 6th Jun 2019, 10:05 am   #1
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Default Stellaphone R 2 R idler wheel

Hi all,

I've been trying to get a stellaphone reel to reel recorder to play and fast forward but the idler wheel isn't making contact with the fly wheel. My customer has bought another tape recorder in an effort to make one good one out of the two but both have the same problem. Does anyone have an idler wheel for this model or know of a way to remedy this?

Many thanks.
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Old 6th Jun 2019, 2:38 pm   #2
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Default Re: Stellaphone R 2 R idler wheel

Sounds more like hardened grease on a linkage to me.Post some photos of the guts.
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Old 6th Jun 2019, 5:20 pm   #3
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I think this is much the same as the Philips EL3586 which may help in finding service information for it.
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Old 6th Jun 2019, 6:50 pm   #4
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Seems like something mechanical or sticky grease that’s stopping it from moving as it should. Close visual inspection should show what is happening.
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Thanks guys,

I'll have another look.
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