HOW TO - change the belts on a 1990`s Sony cassette tape deck

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HOW TO - change the belts on a 1990`s Sony cassette tape deck - model TC-KE400S

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In this video I walk you through how to change the mode and capstan belts on this common type of `90s sony tape mech fitted to many different Sony models.
Save your old deck from the tip and give it a new lease of life!
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@engelrgj Жыл бұрын

Thank you, you've given my deck a 2nd life :)

@Sortitoutman Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@elkebohne 10 ай бұрын

You are a hero! It works again! Sony TC-KE230. Thank you.

@Sortitoutman 7 ай бұрын

you are welcome

@zero1omega236 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much. I just bought a used Sony deck, different model but very similar. I was having trouble replacing the belts until I watched your video. I got it working now and am very happy! Wish I had watched it first.

@Sortitoutman Жыл бұрын

no worries

@andrewbattle8116 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I have the identical deck. My deck started screeching during playback before eventually being unable to playback or eject. Got replacement belts off eBay and followed your instructions and now all is well!! Had to replace a belt in my Sony MinDisc deck too, wouldn’t eject the disc!

@Sortitoutman 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@richardwalker2645 3 жыл бұрын

Video helped me refurb my TC KB920 as the mech is almost identical 👍

@Sortitoutman 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@garfycat2227 3 жыл бұрын

Hi this helped me immensely tonight, so I much appreciate the video!

@Sortitoutman 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@modelmonster 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you . this was the info i needed to fix my sony tc-wa7esa. It was locked in the play position and doors would not open. After setting the gears in the proper position it is up and running.

@Sortitoutman 2 жыл бұрын

glad it helped

@TomFynnVideos 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this video!!! Helped me to repair my deck. Very well done!!!

@Sortitoutman 4 жыл бұрын

No problem :-)

@bazza5699 2 жыл бұрын

many thanks, i followed your guide and replaced the belts on an ebay purchased sony tape deck.. :)

@Sortitoutman 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@gilfernandes1979 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. You saved my old deck. Cheers!

@Sortitoutman 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@DenisGillet-hx1ed Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the important information on the mode belt replacement....

@Sortitoutman Жыл бұрын

Any time!

@EddieJazzFan 3 жыл бұрын

I still don't understand why they made 90s era machines like that with belts that disintegrate into black jelly, while at the same time I've taken apart decks---usually made by Panasonic---from the early 70s with original belts that sill worked fine.

@isidroubeda4937 9 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias, es un video muy útil y didáctico

@Sortitoutman 6 ай бұрын

:-)

@THOMMGB 3 жыл бұрын

An excellent video, well done. Lots of great advice here.

@Sortitoutman 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@keithchenery8364 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I've got to replace the belts on my Sony TC KE200 which is the same generation as the one you've demonstrated so I guess the transport will be the same. The belts are on their way and I'll be setting up your video to watch while I do the job. Thank you so much - sick of shut-offs and mangled tapes, but probably wouldn't attempt to fix it without your help. Now, if you posted a tutorial on how to replace the pinch-roller . . . . ;)

@Sortitoutman 4 жыл бұрын

they use the same mech. Even the same PCB. only difference just some extra components on the board for the 300/400. Pinch rollers are easy, they just clip out.

@keithchenery8364 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sortitoutman > Thanks for your reply, I thought they would probably be the same across the range. As for the pinch-roller . . . I hadn't looked closely at it before (except to note that it was pretty cracked) and assumed I'd be up for some major dismantling, but thanks to a torch and the trusty dental mirror I see that it is - as you say - a clip-fit straight into the armature. Fabulous! Many thanks for the heads-up on that one. :)

@SlavaKoval.povelitel 2 жыл бұрын

Спасибо за обзор - теперь начну свою деку разбирать и чинить

@cornelcornea7297 Жыл бұрын

Hello! I own the Sony TC-K461S model and I think I have about the same mechanism as your model in the clip. Can you tell me, please, what are the dimensions of the 2 changed belts? I have to change them too, but I found different sizes at online sellers, even though I looked for the code in the manual. Thank you in advance for your answer!

@ANTandTEC 2 жыл бұрын

Good video! Not a bad deck to work on 🙂

@Sortitoutman Ай бұрын

agreed

@petermcintyre100 3 жыл бұрын

Good advice and guidance; I've the TC-K415, that is almost, if not, identical. I've removed my belts for now. The large flat one was oily, possibly caused due to long term storage, and inevitably, overstretched. I didn't see you spirit clean the large metal flywheel rim which mine will certainly need; perhaps my comment will help too? Thanks!

@Sortitoutman 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@ShazeemKhan 3 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks. I read that this has the TCM-190 transport which is troublesome and unreliable, is this true?

@Sortitoutman Ай бұрын

nope its used in may decks, as with anything of this age works well if looked after. woest case a split mode drive cog and new belts needed.

@ShazeemKhan Ай бұрын

@@Sortitoutman awesome thanks for this. Many ppl on the forums hate them

@MarcelVanHoekElvis 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information!

@giuseppelavecchia775 3 жыл бұрын

Gran bel lavoro,complimenti

@acefrehley3797 2 жыл бұрын

WE HEAD ALREADY A FEW TIMES. FOURTY DEGREES DURING THE SUMMERS. AND RUBBER CAN'T HAVE THAT. ON YOU TUBE YOU SEE A LOT OF VIDEO'S HOW TO REPAIR IT. BUT YOU MUST FIND THE RUBBERS AS WEL. AND I WAS ALWAYS THINKING THAT THE TAPEDECKS WHERE USING PLASTIC WEELS TO CONNECT THE MOTOR WITH THE REST OF THE TAPEDECK.

@herbiemcfly1660 3 жыл бұрын

Ti ringrazio per il video sony tutorial. Potresti fare un video tutorial anche per Aiwa stereo cassette deck model. AD R470E?

@NJRoadfan 3 жыл бұрын

The TC-KA1ESA and TC-KE500S use the same two belt mechanism, TCM-190 series.

@Sortitoutman 3 жыл бұрын

TCKA1 is US version of the UK/EU TC-KE500

@raysrcsandtech 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video, do you have any tips on doing the 3 belts on a TC-K677ES, just got one used and it winds forward and back but not engaged the head to play, the belts fell a bit soft I think so I'm just going to do all the belt its about the same age as this one is this video.. Everything else inside looks good. Do you have a video on this mech for the TC-K677ES and do you advise to always check the azimuth? do you have a video on that? I purchased a belt kit with pinch rollers, should I just do the pinch rollers or leave the stock ones in your view?

@lunamonkey 3 жыл бұрын

Trying to align the white large cog, but when the tape advances or tries to reset, it just shakes 3 times and then gives up. (With fresh belts too.) What could I be doing wrong?

@chamni63 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you please explain the right position of the white cog (cam gear) with the black arm, it has also a spring. Is the right position when heads are down? But they are also down in forward or rewind position, so how can I know? I have the tc-ke 500s cheers

@ThePoypol 3 жыл бұрын

Thank for this video

@Sortitoutman 3 жыл бұрын

No problem

@ryancee7 2 жыл бұрын

I have a TC-RX410, my bf left it eat a tape too long and knocked the belt off the track, he spent hours and I spent hours, can't figure out how to get at them so Im gonna have to send it to the recycling depot, can't find a video or a model close enough to mine to figure out how it comes apart

@brubry12 4 жыл бұрын

This video will help me repair my TC-KE500S as they are quite similar. There is quite a bit of melted belt on the gears. What can i use to clean the gears? Thank you.

@Sortitoutman 4 жыл бұрын

Yeap, all the late model Sonys use a variation of the same mech, TC-K /KB etc. Use isopropyl alcohol to clean the belt residue, you use this to clean the heads etc as well.

@InteraxVideo 4 жыл бұрын

What is the length of the 2 belts. Thank you

@Rijeka82 3 жыл бұрын

I did everything, but seems my deck has some other problems :(.. Belt was melt inside, and i clean much i can, but seems there is problem on it :(

@AudioElectronicsChicago 4 жыл бұрын

Well done Thanks

@Sortitoutman 4 жыл бұрын

No problem - glad it was usefull :-)

@AudioElectronicsChicago 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sortitoutman I love videos like yours, very informative and it helps a lot! Keep up the great job, I will be watching you!

@justinsenior3502 4 жыл бұрын

@@AudioElectronicsChicago Thanks for that! I will have more "how to" videos as I get new items in the workshop and time to film them.

@davidmanders935 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there , I was given one of these Sony decks for transferring some of my original compositions from cassette to computer and cd. It had this very same fault and i followed your video and bingo! what a happy chappy i am. the only problem i have now is i have lost the display for some reason. any ideas, it was working! Thanks once again for sharing your knowledge

@graham6302 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a very well produced video. I have the TC-K715S It hasn't had much use from new . Has been stored in a room and just powered on and off every year for last 15 years. When I pressed play last year nothing happened ie the captain doesn't engage. Could this be the belt ? Just tried it again and the eject does not function. There is no tape in. Any advise appreciated

@Sortitoutman 3 жыл бұрын

Belts will have perished, the mode belt will have failed and its locked in "play" which is why it won`t open. Just needs stripping down a good clean reset and new belts and pinch roller.

@graham6302 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sortitoutman Many thanks for your reply. I've got the belts on order and will report back hopefully when I've fixed it. Looks like I will need a pinch roller too.

@modelmonster 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sortitoutman could you please explain "reset" thanks

@tremayne3 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately my deck is somewhat different. It is the TC-KA2ES also from the 1990's .

@renaissance6745 3 жыл бұрын

Is the front fascia of this deck made of metal or plastic thank you

@Sortitoutman 3 жыл бұрын

Plastic

@sandyclaws2936 3 жыл бұрын

Any idea if this will be the same on the k717es? Just picked up a broken one and ive yet to tear into it

@Sortitoutman 3 жыл бұрын

If memory serves, thats a TCM400 so similar layout as in it has an assist, mode and capstan motors that need belts, its not a direct drive model as on some ES models like the 6ES

@brubry12 4 жыл бұрын

I have a TC-KE500S that needs new belts. Would the TC-KE400S belts be the same size. Also do you know where I could order belts. I found a guy on ebay but they are in portugal. Do you know of any in the states. Or maybe I could get them from where you are from. Thanks for the help.

@Sortitoutman 4 жыл бұрын

Yeap, they would be fine the "guy" in portugal is fine for the belts, you have no problem if you buy from him - not much point me sending them over him as I`m in UK anyway!

@albertocabezas282 4 жыл бұрын

Could you help me to repair the tape sensors (CrO2, record and Metal tape ones)? Sometimes they don't detect any tape on the deck, don't recognize metal tapes, and, at worst, make the whole mechanism going into a frenzy mode rewinding or forwarding, playing with a kind of hiccup and no music, making a horrible noise or trying to chew my tapes to finally getting blocked not allowing me to eject the cassette. My deck is similar to yours. Thank you.

@Sortitoutman 4 жыл бұрын

Theres a row of reed switches along the top, they may have plastic covers on them, slide these off then give the switches a clean with some good quality switch cleaner. Re-assemble, all should then be good.

@albertocabezas282 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sortitoutman Thank you. The covers are somehow loose and tend to drop. I added just a very small amount of silicone sealant and now the whole stuff works quite good (not perfectly but it's way better than nothing).

@mikeyacton1978 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you order the belt, i just hope I orderd the right one, cause the last one i orderd was square but to thin, and i put it back together, and I pressed play and it just fast forwarded the tape nothing else

@mikeyacton1978 3 жыл бұрын

And I could also stop it whenever

@Sortitoutman 3 жыл бұрын

did you order both belts? As rewind / forward wind is driven by the smaller mode / assist motor.

@mikeyacton1978 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sortitoutman yes I ordered the the flat round one, and the square belt

@mikeyacton1978 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sortitoutman I have a belt coming in from i think Slovakia, this belt said it would Definitely fit the TC-K461S that I have

@cornelcornea7297 Жыл бұрын

@@mikeyacton1978 Hello! I have the same model as you and I want to change the belts, because they were destroyed due to the passage of time and I don't know what size they have 2 replacement belts! Do you have any idea what the dimensions of the 2 belts are? To know exactly what I should order? Thanks for the reply!