Need new drive belts for Aiwa ADF-770 tape deck

[mixter_v]

Blimey - some 'out of the box' thinking there - thank you. I am away on business for the next three weeks. I will try your suggestions to measure the belts and get them ordered - thank you.

[burbeck]

hi mixter
'out of the box' is right, i must be working on this stuff good luck with your deck.

hi mooly
i agree the price is steep at donberg, you are correct about cpc they were spares agents for aiwa, as far as i know the brand was wholy bought out by sony then killed off.
most of the other manufacturers you list only supply via spares agents these days, i am used to the high prices for spares.
i must think seriously about retiring

[Mooly]

Just had a look at Charles Hyde, http://www.chsinteractive.co.uk/
a lot of belts stocked of course but very little Aiwa specific parts though. Fluorescent display £100 with VAT. We forget how old these decks are, I think circa 1984/5 for the ADF770. I remember going down to Wilmslow Audio ( when they were near Jodrell Bank ) for mine. Remember it well, there was a partial solar eclipse that day.
One other fault comes to mind on these, the PSU regulators and a couple of zeners run very hot, they don't fail but they become dry jointed--worth checking.

[burbeck]

hi mooly
£100 for the display nuts isnt it? this is typical of the pricing for such stuff, no wonder my customers think im makin myself a bomb on servicing. these folks are the spares agents for quite a few manufacturers these days. in fact the only source for some.

wilmslow are still going they have helped me out a couple of times recently. dont know if it is the same guys these days.

[Mooly]

Nut's indeed

[veesixteen]

I have an old AIWA AD-4Head, multi-norm tape deck I bought in NY in 1998. Of late, I was having repeated problems with the INSERT/EJECT mechanism. Finally I took the casing off and noticed one of the elastic belts was slipping (not broken, just distended). I swapped it with a regular 4mm wide elastic band (not even the AIWA square profile) and the sstem is up-and-running again. I'm sure the normal elastic will wear out much faster the the original AIWA belt, but if that happens, I'll just put in another elastic. This is the belt that drives the INSERT and EJECT cycles; these are not solicited as often as the other drive belts.
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Originally Posted by mixter_v

Hi,
my belts have perished on my Aiwa ADF-770 tape deck after having it boxed up for a couple of years.

Anyone know where I can get a replacement set, and fitting manual as it looks like some of the mechanism has to be dismantled to change them.

Any help appreciated.