I'm beginning to think the belts I had came from the 80's and not from B&O at all, and that I simply stretched the belts to get em on the 60Hz pulley. Also, I think the crossed out belt numbers I wrote in the manual were just a pair instead of a single one. I think that originally the design was for one main (capstan) belt only, and they

PCPete: There are a number of commercial preparations that work for noisy sliders, but it depends on whether the noise is just due to dirt and crap, a combination of the above with grease or oil, or whether the carbon composite (or whatever the track's made of) is worn out. Compressed air will clear away dust, but grease and dirt may need some liquid

I admit, I don't really care about the counter belt. But if I could recall what it looked like..... So it's safe to spray contact cleaner in the sliders? This machine is lightly used and I am sure it's just oxidation or build up rather than being worn by overactivity. I was going to do almost the opposite, and squirt some graphite powder

well, I did it! I finally figured out what happened: I never ever did install the slightly shorter belts, and the "right" belts have been sitting in my drawer for all that time. As I think I mentioned, I found the old capstan. As I started on the belt replacement, I realised I had never ever touched the famous "Jesus" clips. For

Hold on a second! Would we expect the 60Hz capstan to be larger or smaller than the 50Hz capstan? I can't find the dratted old one (it probably got lost years ago though I'm mildly surprised it's not with the manual). Wouldn't we expect the 60Hz make the motor go faster? In which case we would expect MY capstan to be smaller than yours

Peter: Just so you know, I have just started scanning the very large manual for this machine! It will be on site soon! I hope my reply doesn't turn up twice: I must have misclicked the first time.... I wonder if you got (as I did) the emendations to the manual eg pages 44,84,96,97 and of course the part numbers for 60Hz operation which I wrote in

OK (it's now Saturday morning and I am thinking things may need to wait until Monday - or perhaps if I am quite sure of myself I can order online but either way it won't get dealt with till then). 1. I had the bottom off this morning finally a. Who but B&O would put a schematic of the electronics in an envelope pasted to the bottom, for

I'd better have it out and look at the 2732014 belt I don't think it's failed on mine. But clearly it would be a good idea to know what size it is. I'm pretty sure I didnt replace that when I migrated here. So yours will be the same. What size is it please? I was only talking about the main drive belt. Of course, rewind and fast forward

http://www.superiorseals.com/ I'm guessing mine is the largest one that has 0.070 diameter, namely -050 Yours is probably a -049, tell me what you think. But what I really want to know from B&O is do they use BUNA, Neoprene, or ???? We're looking at 44 cents per ring, it looks to me..... Stephen

Well I started with the 50Hz one and got 124 mm so that sounds within the range for yours. I dunno how accurate I was, maybe B&O will get back to me with proper dimensions. Before starting all this I placed a call to their service centre and the guy was emailing "the oldest employee of B&O" and hopefully we might get an answer as to