I had a Neal cassette deck where the pressure roller melted onto the deck
below. No its not smokers its the same issue as affects those thin bits of
rubber on handles and all that. It seems they break down into their
plasticizer and whatever plastic or rubber is used as the base.

I chucked away a pair of shoes almost unused which had simply been in a
wardrobe no smokers anywhere near them, as the soles wer just tar.
Brian

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On 05/06/2016 16:38, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Bloomin eck, that message is pretty old innit.
I'd imagine it might be possible to get a motor reconditioned somewhere.
I
never did reckon the turntable too much rumble, but it was cheap for the
diyer.
As we are talking old belts, I wonder if its still possible to get new
belts for a Philips N1700 VCR?


While we're talking of belts, have other seen cassette decks where
all the belts have turned to a sticky goo?
I suspect those I've seen are because I lived with a heavy smoker
and the tar that condensed on every surface dissolved them.

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