I have never heard about boiling the belt as a way of rejuvenating it. That is a great tip. I'll have to try that sometime.

The insides of the cassette deck looks so clean, simple and attractive to the eyes, I gotta get one of these!

Another great video. Tried your boiling the belts trick. It really works. I have ressurected 2 dual decks and one Sony sports Walkman. Brilliant!

The KDV-300 was my first cassette deck! Bought mine new in 1985 from a shop called Laskys! Cost me £120. It still works so I guess it was money well spent. Thanks for posting this great video, I guess it will only be a matter of time before I will have to boil it's belt!

I'm repairing the very same model as we speak. Play doesn't engage all the way, and stop won't disengage the play function. I've torn it all apart and still trying to figure out what in the mechanism is preventing the play and stop from working together.

Another great video! That blue wooden handle micro Phillips screwdriver that you have were like gold in our shop. they were bought from Sony, in Westwood Massachusetts .

Thank you so much for this! I can never remember how to put the damn belt back on when I have to service my KD-VR320 lol

Wow thanks for the tip. I've got a Technics deck here that I'm pretty sure has loose belts. I haven't pulled the cover yet to check, but if this turns out to be the case I'm going try boiling them. Great video by the way. I really enjoyed it.

i really adore your videos such a great mess on your service table but te result is always gorgeous

I boiled belts from vcrs and cassette decks usually when I repair them. It always works

To add even more grip to the belt, i take the capstan wheel out and polish the surface of it with PEEK metal polish to a mirror finish, it massively improves things.

I've used your microwave trick on a VCR idler tire and it seem to work.

Excellent video, just in time for me to fix the KD-V33 - it's the Euro edition of the same deck. Unfotunately, bathing the belts didn't help much, replaced two of the three with new ones. One hint: threading the main belt was much easier after removing the bottom cover.

hello

The secret is out...lol I will definitely be giving this a try 👍

Notice anything unusual on that deck?

For how long boiled belt will last compared to the new one?

Love fixing these things

I have the kdv 100 looks the same except the led display i put a 1/2 amp line fuse in it it didn't have one from the factory is it a good idea

How could you physically tell the different type belts, real rubber vs the synthetic in order to know what can be and what can not be boiled? Love the videos!