cassette deck drive belts

[guy]

Looking for recommendations (hopefully from experience :))

I have recently retrieved a couple of Aurex PCX60AD cassette decks from a cupboard - all looks fine, power up etc. BUT drives do not engage.

Anyone know of a good source for replacement belts. I know that there are thousands on eBay, but I would think that the belts would need to be pretty good profile/smoothness/material if wow and flutter are to be kept to minimum?

Main reason for wanting to revive these decks is that I have quite a few recordings of old BBC radio "in concert" broadcasts made using the Aurex ADRES noise reduction system. I can play them on my non ADRES cassette, but would like to listen to them properly decoded.

Thanks in advance.

[walpurgis]

This may help with working on it and if you find the remains of the old belt inside you may be able to estimate the size and type for a similar replacement.

https://www.tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=66513

[guy]

This may help with working on it and if you find the remains of the old belt inside you may be able to estimate the size and type for a similar replacement.

https://www.tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=66513

thanks that's really useful - I was just going to open it and hope for the best :lol:

[Ian7633]

I bought replacement belt kits for my Marantz and Nakamichi decks on ebay from a seller in Germany, his name started with "Revox" and then some numbers, ,sorry but I can't remember exactly. There were a few negative comments about him but I had no problems, his prices were good and delivery time was less than a week.
With regards to service information there is a channel on Youtube called "Dr Cassette" who has serviced and repaired hundreds of machines, might be worth a look.
Hope this helps.

[guy]

Thanks Ian - will look up seller and Dr cassette :cool: