Re: Mitsubishi HS-u53 VCR has jerky picture

Mikey <Not_Here@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I'm having trouble with a Mitsubishi HS-u53 VCR. For the
> past couple months, sometimes when putting a tape in the
> VCR, the VCR would shut off. After powering it back on, the
> tape would be ejected. Pushing the tape back in would
> usually work and the VCR would play. Sometimes the VCR
> would shut down again, but powering it back on and pushing
> the tape back in would work and the tape would play. Last
> week was watching a tape, and the VCR shut off. Turned VCR
> on, after a couple seconds it shut off. After trying this 3
> or 4 times, the tape ejected from the VCR. Now when I try
> to play a tape, it plays, but the picture jerks up and down
> and about every 5 seconds the picture disappears and all
> that's on the screen is static. Also, the data counter
> stays at zero. The idler assembly had to be replaced about
> 7 years ago, I thought maybe it was giving me trouble again
> (although the last time, tapes wouldn't play at all), so I
> opened up the VCR to check, but the idler appears fine. I
> can't see anything else that appears broken (I didn't really
> look too closely, though). Anyone have any thoughts on what
> might be causing this?

I'm assuming the U52 and U53 are similar. If that's not the case,
ignore this.

One thing to check is the main belt underneath. On my HS-U52, it
had become stretched and wasn't adequately driving the loading
mechanism. There are also lubrication issues but that requires
a major disassembly of the parts underneath the dexk and so far
I've avoided doing anything but they may first show up as squealing
rewind or FF.

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