I just picked up a Teac A-7010 reel to reel. Everything seems to work, Fast forward, rewind etc. But it won't play. When I hit play the rubber tape guide wheel engages and pulls the tape fine but the take up reel does not move. Both reels appear to be direct motor reels thus no belts. Any help?
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Check the belts, inside the unit you should see a rubber belt which is what pulls the tape fast forward or rewind. Some belts with time get loose and slip, they can also break and fall off which will not let you fast forward or rewind.
Open your cassette player and look where the plastic pulleys are located and check for the belts, they might not be broken at all but very loose and slip on the plastic pulley.
The unit can be fixed in the right hands. The auto rewind function might be on but the reel rotation sensor is not seeing it move. Probably needs all new belts.
In order to maintain tape control and tension the reels always pull lightly in opposite directions during PLAY mode. The capstan moves the tape in the desired direction at a precise speed. If the capstan doesn't engage the tape BETWEEN itself and the pinch roller you'll get the reels battling over control of the tape. Check the tape routing.
The two arrow buttons on either side of the FAST key will play it Forward or Reverse. Combining the FAST key with a direction initiates a fast forward or rewind.
I can give you a figure. Here can be seen the tape transport parts location. This probably will help you fix the problem:
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