Technics RS-BX501 cassette deck belt and pinch rollers problems. 

Alfred Ganzenmüller your guide was a great help to me. The cassette jammed and flap could no longer be opened. From the video I could see which parts could be disconnected. After some back and forth I made it. The flap can be opened again. Thank you very much.

Thanks very much for posting this Darren, you've just helped me sort out changing the belt and pinch rollers on an RS-BX501.

Excellent - helpful and clear. I'm afraid I'm so bad at soldering that I didn't dare proceed with replacing my belt!

Hey Darren, just let me congratulate you again for this video. It was my salvation, Actually, i had the main gear damaged (on the main motor). I could find a replace part and through your video it was so easy to put all back together. Cheers!!.

Grreat fix Darren. Nice to see an old cassette machine. I must have 6 in the loft!

Excellent video, ive fixed /rebelted a few old technics tape decks from the late 70s. Wasnt as tricky as your deck tho. Nicely done!

Thanks a lot! It was my first tape deck to repair and I probably couldn't have done it without your help! - The trickiest part (for me) was the desoldering...

Excellent video

Great video and a Great Autoreverse 2-head deck too, i bought my RS-BX501 1999 for birthdaymoney (14th birthday) and savings, i still have it, and use it mostly for playback so it has got high milage, but still i never been inside it, just cleaning and demag... For recording i use an RS-AZ7 3-head deck... Also have an old Tandberg TCD310 Mk2

Good video, but after looking at my rs tr474 it looks like you take the whole tape unit out and do it from the front of the unit. will let you know if my method works when I get the belts

Hi, I just saw your video, I wanted to ask where you ordered the pinch roll for this model or if I can directly order it from you?

Excellent video, so that step by step 1- open and remove the cover with all connections and close. 2- disconnect all connections. 3- completely remove the mechanism from the front panel, without further problems. 4- desolder the power supply of the motor to be able to remove the circuit. ****I have the mechanical problem with opening and closing. The gear has broken. ****It always worked well. If I don't find the solution, I can give everything to those interested in spare parts. Let me know if you are interested?

Nice Video. I have a similar issue with the Technics RS-TR474. How did you remove the pinch wheel and where can you get replacements wheels?

Does the pinch roller in cassette players move freely or is it connected to motor like the capstan?

thanks mate! ;)

I have a question. I need to remove the plastic window that covers the led display as it's somehow all fogged up. Is there an easy way to do this?

Help please, I need dimensions for belt for this deck. Part number for belt is RDV0015 but I can't find information for dimension. Thank you. ;)

HELLO I have your same technics rs bx501 deck, I have the audio cassette left inside and the drawer doesn't open anymore. How can I do to get it to open and remove the audio cassette? Thank you Orlando.

Hi I have a problem with the same model. It stops to pay any tape after few seconds. Could it be belt fault?

Lo quería hacer yo pero me arrepentí es Súper difícil, así que buscaré quien lo haga.

Hi my technics rs bx 501 when i press rew the tape goes to the beginning and won't stop. What can it be? Thank you Orlando.

Доброго дня. У меня xb701, после открытия кармана он сразу закрывается сам. Возможно сбил метку при замене пассика ? Спасибо

The one tape doesn't play 157 and the other jumps

The cats are miauuu 😀

Oh I wish my twin deck was as easy to work on. If you can fix my deck you could easily dismantle an atomic bomb. Trying to diagnose why one of the decks is in constant play mode.

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Все пластик😢

Beautiful machine, but it's a complete bitchy way to open the mechanism to do some restoration. I thought my Sony WE605S was hard to repair but your deck was worse.