CFS-W900 belts

rob1863

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Feb 2, 2020
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HI,

Does anyone know which belts are needed for the W900. I believe that I found two of the four, but can't find any belts for the counter and shutoff.

Rob
 

rob1863

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Feb 2, 2020
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Lacey, WA
hopey said:
Do you really want to pull this one apart?
No, but I opened it up and decided that it was more than I wanted to take on. I have a guy that has been repairing stereo equipment for 45-50 years. Took it to him but first he couldn't find his belt reference book, but he knew someone who had one. A month goes by and he finds out that the belts aren't in the book. Then it is call him in a couple of weeks. I call and he hasn't had time. Then he is going to take it home with him, but he couldn't get to it because the stove went out, etc. He did partially disassemble it, but after like five months I just told him to put it in a box and I would come by and pick it up. It is sitting in a closet now. Sad because he probably forgets more every second than I will ever know. Was factory authorized service for most of the major brands for decades. Problem is that if you go in there are usually several groupies hanging around plus the phone rings every five minutes and he will spend a lot of time trying to talk people through the repairs. Or someone will bring in some crappy Christmas toy that their wife wanted fixed. Probably explains why his old shop had literally hundreds of pieces of equipment stacked up everywhere. But, when he does get it done he is very reasonable. Got my Nakamichi RX-505 up and running for $50.

Think I did figure the belts out though. Looking at the service manual and searching the part numbers it would appear that the four belts are: SCX7.4, SCQ6.7, SCQ6.7 and SCQ8.8. I haven't gotten around to looking at it more closely but it seems odd that there isn't a flat belt for the capstan. Will have to look at it again tomorrow.

rob
 

mban

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The CFS-W900 uses the same tape mech as the CFS-9000 and 9900 and CFS-5
I got the belts on ebay