Marantz PMD201

glen65 · 16th March 2006, 05:12 PM

I am working with a Marantz cassette recorder Model PMD201 The playback speed starts out too slow but eventually picks up a bit after the unit runs awhile. After thorough cleaning and replacing belts to no avail I found that the top bering on the motor is shot. Marantz wants about 40 bucks for the thing. I did some searching on the net looking for an alternative but came up empty handed. The motor is made by
Matsushita / Panasonic. Anyone know where a motor could be had without going to Marantz? Details on the motor below..

Thanks

Diameter 23mm
Height 20 mm (not including shaft)

lndm · 16th March 2006, 10:24 PM

Don't know about this motor, but most quality motors I come across that have a problem, are sticky or siezed.

After freeing and lubeing, they are good once more.

rdf · 17th March 2006, 11:35 PM

Is the top bearing oil-impregnated sintered bronze? You may get some extra life from it with a bit of cleaning and some light machine oil. I've done it before with other machines.

anatech · 18th March 2006, 02:37 AM

Hi Glen,
The motor is still available??! Cool.

A couple questions then. Do you think you can disassemble the motor and get it back together? Brushes might be shot too now.

How much is your time worth?

Is the machine worth it?

-Chris

glen65 · 20th March 2006, 06:32 PM

Thanks for the replies.

Quote:

Is the machine worth it?

Yes it is,
they still make this unit and its over $300 to replace it.

anatech · 20th March 2006, 07:07 PM

Hi Glen,
Really??! I did warranty service on those a long, long time ago. I didn't expect it to be a current model still. I imagine they must have changed a bit over the years.

That model has got to be over 10 years and running. The tooling has paid for itself many times over now (either that or they have a warehouse full still

).

-Chris

17th March 2006, 11:35 PM	#3
rdf diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: big smoke	Is the top bearing oil-impregnated sintered bronze? You may get some extra life from it with a bit of cleaning and some light machine oil. I've done it before with other machines. __________________ Ears aren't microphones.

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16th March 2006, 10:24 PM	#2
lndm diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: nsw	Don't know about this motor, but most quality motors I come across that have a problem, are sticky or siezed. After freeing and lubeing, they are good once more.

18th March 2006, 02:37 AM	#4
anatech diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, On	Hi Glen, The motor is still available??! Cool. A couple questions then. Do you think you can disassemble the motor and get it back together? Brushes might be shot too now. How much is your time worth? Is the machine worth it? -Chris

20th March 2006, 07:07 PM	#6
anatech diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, On	Hi Glen, Really??! I did warranty service on those a long, long time ago. I didn't expect it to be a current model still. I imagine they must have changed a bit over the years. That model has got to be over 10 years and running. The tooling has paid for itself many times over now (either that or they have a warehouse full still ). -Chris

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