Cassette deck spare parts - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

kevinaston1 · 22nd Mar 2017, 3:27 pm

An elderly chap has given me an old Decca cassete recorder to repair.

Where have all the suppliers for generic spare parts gone? I need a mono cassette head and a pinch wheel; the ony company I have found offering these is Wagner in Australia.

Regards

Kevin

Nicklyons2 · 23rd Mar 2017, 1:09 am

Kevin, can't help with pinch roller but I've an 'as new' mono head, the type with a 'guide' attached to the side. I could also let you have a old cheapie mono cassette machine which has a still quite decent pinch roller (not shiny and still feels quite rubbery), I was just keeping it for parts as it's rubber drive belt has gone. Off to see a relative in Normanton on Friday so if any are useful I could drop them off en route.

saxmaniac · 23rd Mar 2017, 8:54 am

Cricklewood list a pinch roller. No details of sizew etcq but only £1 and most likely to be a generic cassette typ. Worth a punt?

Nickthedentist · 23rd Mar 2017, 11:36 am

A couple of pinch rollers still availablke from CPC: http://cpc.farnell.com/webapp/wcs/st...pinch%20roller

Heads seem to have disappeared about 5-10 years ago.

Nicklyons2 · 23rd Mar 2017, 12:44 pm

I've now found some NEW pinch rollers I'd forgotten I had; (hadn't put them with the other, VHS, pinch rollers but in the 'belts' box)

ben · 23rd Mar 2017, 12:46 pm

just found this - would probably be ideal, seems like they sell 'em new from china.

camtechman · 23rd Mar 2017, 4:39 pm

They're the same type that CPC sell (or used to sell)

kevinaston1 · 27th Mar 2017, 1:18 pm

Many thanks to you all, I have bookmarked tyhe pages you highlighted.

I wonder why Wagner Australia seems to have such a good range of these items, when no one else keeps them?

Regards.

Kevin

22nd Mar 2017, 3:27 pm	#1
kevinaston1 Hexode Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Featherstone, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 386	Cassette deck spare parts An elderly chap has given me an old Decca cassete recorder to repair. Where have all the suppliers for generic spare parts gone? I need a mono cassette head and a pinch wheel; the ony company I have found offering these is Wagner in Australia. Regards Kevin

23rd Mar 2017, 1:09 am	#2
Nicklyons2 Octode Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,517	Re: Cassette deck spare parts Kevin, can't help with pinch roller but I've an 'as new' mono head, the type with a 'guide' attached to the side. I could also let you have a old cheapie mono cassette machine which has a still quite decent pinch roller (not shiny and still feels quite rubbery), I was just keeping it for parts as it's rubber drive belt has gone. Off to see a relative in Normanton on Friday so if any are useful I could drop them off en route.

23rd Mar 2017, 8:54 am	#3
saxmaniac Heptode Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 618	Re: Cassette deck spare parts Cricklewood list a pinch roller. No details of sizew etcq but only £1 and most likely to be a generic cassette typ. Worth a punt?

23rd Mar 2017, 11:36 am	#4
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,840	Re: Cassette deck spare parts A couple of pinch rollers still availablke from CPC: http://cpc.farnell.com/webapp/wcs/st...pinch%20roller Heads seem to have disappeared about 5-10 years ago.

23rd Mar 2017, 12:44 pm	#5
Nicklyons2 Octode Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,517	Re: Cassette deck spare parts I've now found some NEW pinch rollers I'd forgotten I had; (hadn't put them with the other, VHS, pinch rollers but in the 'belts' box)

23rd Mar 2017, 12:46 pm	#6
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Re: Cassette deck spare parts just found this - would probably be ideal, seems like they sell 'em new from china. __________________ Regards, Ben. Last edited by ben; 23rd Mar 2017 at 12:51 pm. Reason: correction

23rd Mar 2017, 4:39 pm	#7
camtechman Nonode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks. UK. Posts: 2,552	Re: Cassette deck spare parts They're the same type that CPC sell (or used to sell) __________________ When I die, please don't let my Wife sell my collection for the amount I told her I paid for it!

27th Mar 2017, 1:18 pm	#8
kevinaston1 Hexode Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Featherstone, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 386	Re: Cassette deck spare parts Many thanks to you all, I have bookmarked tyhe pages you highlighted. I wonder why Wagner Australia seems to have such a good range of these items, when no one else keeps them? Regards. Kevin