Re: Mitsubishi HS-u53 VCR has jerky picture

I'll open up the VCR again and check the felt on the back tension band.
Thanks for the info, Mark.

"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote:

> Good retort!
>
> Mark Z.
>
> P.S.
>
> These Mits's also had pinch roller problems, and a juerky picture is
> sometimes caused by the felt coming off the back-tension band (around the
> left hub).
>
> Mikey wrote:
> > I would, but it might hit you in the head while you're scrounging for
> > food.
> >
> > Barny Rubble wrote:
> >
> >> Tro it inda gabbage.
> >> "Mikey" <not_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:42731272.704B8DD7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sam Goldwasser wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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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> >>> I took the bottom cover off of the VCR to check the belt, and the
> >>> belt looks okay.
> >>> I took the belt off, and it doesn't look like it's stretched. I
> >>> played a tape with the
> >>> bottom cover of the VCR off so I could try to see if the belt was
> >>> slipping, and it
> >>> didn't seem to be, I couldn't see any slipping. Fast forward and
> >>> rewind work fine.

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