I've had an Aiwa F660 cassette deck for many years (more than I'd care to
remember!) and it's just given up on playing cassettes.

So I took off the cover to find that my thoughts of a broken belt was
confirmed. It appears that there's two belts in the back of the drive unit
one from the motor (white) spindle to a pulley and another from this pulley
to another pulley which seems to drive the cassette in play mode. It's the
former belt that's broken and was found to be wrapped around the motor
spindle. Extracting it was an art as it's perished and sticking together
being very fragile in this state.

My question is firstly does anyone know of anywhere I can obtain replacement
belts (might as well do both at same time) and secondly how do I go about
changing them (what parts do I have to dismantle). I'm not a total novice at
repairing hi-fi and have the skills to attempt small jobs especially on old
equipment sure as this.

Stephen wrote:

I've had an Aiwa F660 cassette deck for many years (more than I'd care to
remember!) and it's just given up on playing cassettes.

So I took off the cover to find that my thoughts of a broken belt was
confirmed. It appears that there's two belts in the back of the drive unit
one from the motor (white) spindle to a pulley and another from this
pulley to another pulley which seems to drive the cassette in play mode.
It's the former belt that's broken and was found to be wrapped around the
motor spindle. Extracting it was an art as it's perished and sticking
together being very fragile in this state.

My question is firstly does anyone know of anywhere I can obtain
replacement belts (might as well do both at same time) and secondly how do
I go about changing them (what parts do I have to dismantle). I'm not a
total novice at repairing hi-fi and have the skills to attempt small jobs
especially on old equipment sure as this.

Stephen,

CPC might be able to help out - they're at http://cpc.farnell.com. I did a
quick search on Aiwa and there appear to be quite a few tape-deck-related
bits (belts, capstans, pinch wheels, motors, etc). The only issue is -
which one. (there may be a drive model number stamped on the deck
mechanism)

I'm afraid I can't help with the how-to part, though I've replaced the belt
and drive motor on a TCK-611 and, though fiddly, it's not too difficult.

Hope this helps,
Dave

"Dave Giles" wrote in message
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Stephen wrote:

I've had an Aiwa F660 cassette deck for many years (more than I'd care to
remember!) and it's just given up on playing cassettes.

So I took off the cover to find that my thoughts of a broken belt was
confirmed. It appears that there's two belts in the back of the drive
unit
one from the motor (white) spindle to a pulley and another from this
pulley to another pulley which seems to drive the cassette in play mode.
It's the former belt that's broken and was found to be wrapped around the
motor spindle. Extracting it was an art as it's perished and sticking
together being very fragile in this state.

My question is firstly does anyone know of anywhere I can obtain
replacement belts (might as well do both at same time) and secondly how
do
I go about changing them (what parts do I have to dismantle). I'm not a
total novice at repairing hi-fi and have the skills to attempt small jobs
especially on old equipment sure as this.

Stephen,

CPC might be able to help out - they're at http://cpc.farnell.com. I did a
quick search on Aiwa and there appear to be quite a few tape-deck-related
bits (belts, capstans, pinch wheels, motors, etc). The only issue is -
which one. (there may be a drive model number stamped on the deck
mechanism)

I'm afraid I can't help with the how-to part, though I've replaced the
belt
and drive motor on a TCK-611 and, though fiddly, it's not too difficult.

Thanks Dave for the prompt reply.

I'll check the site out.

Dave Giles wrote:

CPC might be able to help out - they're at http://cpc.farnell.com. I did a
quick search on Aiwa and there appear to be quite a few tape-deck-related
bits (belts, capstans, pinch wheels, motors, etc). The only issue is -
which one. (there may be a drive model number stamped on the deck
mechanism)

Ok - a quick follow up. Check out http://www.partstore.com - it's a US site,
but they've got a good parts search engine (by make then model); very neat,
and very handy for getting the part numbers for the belts...

Hth,
Dave

"Stephen" wrote in message
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I've had an Aiwa F660 cassette deck for many years (more than I'd care
to
remember!) and it's just given up on playing cassettes.

So I took off the cover to find that my thoughts of a broken belt was
confirmed....

Sorry I'm not being as helpful as I'd like: I did this belt change a couple
of years ago. I've been searching through my records but unfortunately I
can't find out where I got the belts. I do remember the new belts seemed
quite small and needed to be stretched quite a lot to fit them on. I'll
keep looking, and if I find the info I'll let you know.
I'm really writing to encourage you to persevere in fixing the machine. I
recently bought some new equipment in an attempt to fit my hi-fi into a
smaller space. The new cassette deck looked very smart, but the sound
quality was total rubbish in comparison with the old Aiwa. The main
difference is in wow and flutter. So I decided to find a space to keep the
Aiwa after all. Ideally I would use the Aiwa to transfer the tapes to CD,
but life is too short.
--
Tony W
My e-mail address has no hyphen
- but please don't use it, reply to the group.

I can't help with this query, but I junked a Aiwa F770 machine for the same
reason - belt failure. It looked a highly complex replacement job to me.
It was a brilliant machine in every way, and ran faultlessly for many years.

I've found where I bougfht these belts - it was a company called CPC.
Probably http://cpc.farnell.com.
According to the service manual the part numbers are 81-507-225-01 "Rubber
belt B" and 81-507-216-01 "Rubber belt A". They don't seem to list these
parts at the moment but they might be able to help you. In 2002 the pair
cost me about £18 inc VAT & p+p. Good luck!
--
Tony W
My e-mail address has no hyphen
- but please don't use it, reply to the group.

"Tony" wrote in message
.uk...
I've found where I bougfht these belts - it was a company called CPC.
Probably http://cpc.farnell.com.
According to the service manual the part numbers are 81-507-225-01 "Rubber
belt B" and 81-507-216-01 "Rubber belt A". They don't seem to list these
parts at the moment but they might be able to help you. In 2002 the pair
cost me about £18 inc VAT & p+p. Good luck!
--

Thanks for this information Tony as the part numbers are proving invaluable
in my search.

One question I have is which Rubber belt is it, A or B, that is from the
pulley on the motor spindle? It's the one at the rear of the mechanism
looking from the from of the cassette deck.

Also do you have any details of how to fit these belts and what components
will require to be stripped down to do so?


Stephen

"Stephen" wrote in message
...

... which Rubber belt is it, A or B, that is from the
pulley on the motor spindle? It's the one at the rear of the mechanism
looking from the from of the cassette deck.

As far as I can see, A is at the rear.

Also do you have any details of how to fit these belts and what components
will require to be stripped down to do so?

Sorry, can't remember exactly how I did it. I think I merely took off the
main cover, cut off the old belts, and fiddled the new ones into position
with the aid of tweezers or long nose pliers. I didn't use the service
manual as I had forgotten that I had one at that time. The manual doesn't
give instructions for changing these belts, but it does give instructions
for removing the cassette mechanism, that might be useful.

If you want to discuss this more, please go to my web site
www.tonywoolf.co.uk and use the contact form, we can then correspond by
email.

--
Tony W
My e-mail address has no hyphen
- but please don't use it, reply to the group.

Stephen wrote:
I've had an Aiwa F660 cassette deck for many years (more than I'd care to
remember!) and it's just given up on playing cassettes.

So I took off the cover to find that my thoughts of a broken belt was
confirmed. It appears that there's two belts in the back of the drive unit
one from the motor (white) spindle to a pulley and another from this pulley
to another pulley which seems to drive the cassette in play mode. It's the
former belt that's broken and was found to be wrapped around the motor
spindle. Extracting it was an art as it's perished and sticking together
being very fragile in this state.

My question is firstly does anyone know of anywhere I can obtain replacement
belts (might as well do both at same time) and secondly how do I go about
changing them (what parts do I have to dismantle). I'm not a total novice at
repairing hi-fi and have the skills to attempt small jobs especially on old
equipment sure as this.

best idea is not to cut the old belts, take them off the deck (make
careful notes as you disassemble) and go to an electronics spares shop
(check yellow pages). show them the belts and they'll try to find a
match, as most belts are sold this way. companies like Molgar have a
catalogue with belt sizes which most shops use.
-B