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My 1998 Sony Walkman went from dead to playing after a simple belt swap

I pulled it out of a box last month and it wouldn't spin at all, just made a sad little hum. After watching a video, I opened it up and saw the old rubber drive belt had turned to goo. I ordered a new belt kit online for about $8. It took maybe 20 minutes to clean the old gunk and put the new one in. Now it runs perfectly and sounds great. Has anyone else fixed a tape player this way, or did you run into other problems?
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knight.xena
Nice to see someone who didn't just throw it away. You've got more patience than most people.
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sam_anderson
Got a sticky pinch roller like @knight.xena mentioned?
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