Best ointment for cassette mechanics ?

[crazygamer]

Does anyone know what is the best solution for mechanism ointment, i need few boomboxes to get cassette player parts running smoothly. Also another question here, how you revive the "Soft Eject" feature, i guess i need some kind of goo for cassette door gears, but which ?

Best regards,

Valter

 

[toshik]

Ointment, what do you mean by that? If you are talking about lubricant I use synthetic watch grade oil you'd have to remove the old grease which often after all those years turns into rock-solid substance.

 

[Reli]

The door is usually attached to a hydraulic cylinder which needs to be cleaned out and fitted with new grease.

 

[crazygamer]

Yep, i meant lubricant Thanks for the tips. Silicone oil isn´t the best lubricant, is it ? I haven´t tried it yet but is it ok to use it as a lube ?

 

[k2j]

Are you talking about capstain lubricant? use a super light weight oil. Or plastic gears? I use a special plastic printer lube not sure the mix. Or metal on metal (sometimes small ball bearings underneath helping the sliding action? maybe use lithium grease...

Please be more specific in the area you need to lube. As you can tell depending on the materials contacting each other and their use/composition.

 

[crazygamer]

I need lubricant for cassette doors gear, it used to have this very viscous grease, but i don´t know grease suitable for this.For tape deck mechanism i use special mechanical oil sold by Due-Ci, i use their contact cleaner and audio head cleaner too.

 

[Reli]

Are you talking about the hydraulic cylinder that controls the slow-eject? Fill it with silicone grease, I have used that for my car, to lube polyurethane swaybar bushings.

 

[crazygamer]

Yes, thanks for suggestion Reli !

 

[LJV]

I think that crazygamer isn't talking about more advances soft-eject mechanisms with cylinder, but about more simple ones that have no cylinder but only gears whose ratio slows the ejection. The grease is there to protect the plastic gears from wearing off, not to slow the rotation of the gears (although it does).
If the door is shooting out like there is no soft-eject mechanism, than gears are worn out and require replacement.

So, check the gears up close, and if they are not worn out use silicon lube, but if they are worn out than try to tighten them or adjust/move them closer if possible.

BTW, that bb on your avatar is same one as on mine - my first bbox that I got when I was a teen back in 1984.

 

[crazygamer]

I think that crazygamer isn't talking about more advances soft-eject mechanisms with cylinder, but about more simple ones that have no cylinder but only gears whose ratio slows the ejection. The grease is there to protect the plastic gears from wearing off, not to slow the rotation of the gears (although it does).
If the door is shooting out like there is no soft-eject mechanism, than gears are worn out and require replacement.

So, check the gears up close, and if they are not worn out use silicon lube, but if they are worn out than try to tighten them or adjust/move them closer if possible.

BTW, that bb on your avatar is same one as on mine - my first bbox that I got when I was a teen back in 1984.

Indeed, it has those gears but underneath that gear is some kind of vaseline-a-like grease and on one particular model it got washed off during thorough cleaning. I´ll try out silicon grease.Great avatar , this small Samsung was also my very own first boombox, it has that cassette door plexiglass missing but it´s alright, i took it off as it was cracked quite badly.Younger me Mine is in good working order, used it to play music, now it´s sitting in a storage box, being overtaken by Tosh RT-6015. Cute little box i have to say