Walkman Sony WM-2 Repair

TDL- Walkman Sony WM-2 Repair
Its walkman repair time again and today is a genuine Walkman, the Sony WM-2 - and its fantastic. Look at those buttons!
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[@gregoryburslem193]

Awesome.👍

[@AstonsVintageTechnologyWorkshp]

Hi, Ex-Sony audio engineer here. ladies and gentlemen, please do not, and under any circumstances, apply silicon lubricant of any kind to Walkmans (any vintage). It is the major cause of the nylon parts to disintegrate overtime. Let alone applying it to the pinch roller and capstan, which will at very least destroy your cassette. Notice the wow and flutter is horrific. For those asking the question how you refit the spring, there is a hole behind the catch, which you can apply tweezers to, to compress the spring, and hold it at the same time. This allows you to place the slide catch over the spring, hold in place whilst you place the back cover back on.

[@beer_goggler]

Brushing silicone lubricant over the pinch wheel and head is making me cry.

[@dgillies5420]

It sounds like the walkman still has A LOT of wow & flutter, hence I notice you were playing voice tapes where it's not so noticeable. Sometimes just playing the walkman for hours (like, 10 hrs) will cause the silicone to spread through the machine and playback will become more consistent. Sometimes it's because the belt is not exactly the right size. The old belt is often stretched, I saw in another video where the guy measured it with 2 pushpins on a piece of wood and picked new belt that was 10% shorter.

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

The start of ur videos is the worst for 1am......

[@supernotfunnyman]

thanks for the video. after watching this I pulled apart the broken one I purchased on ebay. replaced the belts and soldered some wires that were damaged from battery corrosion. now it's playing perfectly. was definitely nervous about it before seeing you do it. also the silicone on the volume dial worked a treat, definitely appreciated that little bit of advice.

[@1969longshanks]

Just bought one of these at a car boot sale for 50p, needs a lot of attention but your video has been a great help so far.

[@galaxyfit5666]

Hi, light come on

[@christophelovni4828]

I remember mi father en mi Mother give me a Walkman n°2 for Marie Christmas 1981 👍👍👍❤👍👍 i conserving this object.

[@custardo]

It's kind of amazing to see how much electronics have changed since the 80s.

[@chrismifsud7154]

Great video! I bought one from a carboot sale today for only 3 euros. Belt was completely dry and had same issue as yours. Thank you for the video! I fixed mine while watching your video :) :) Only issue is the eject switch. It will spring back when i put it on but when I assemble the two halves again it stops springing back. Its like the spring either lost its tension or the casing halves are too tight together because if i slightly separate them it springs back ok.

[@jeremytravis360]

This brought back memories from my job in a Hi Fi shop. This was a common problem with this model. The Sony fix was to make a slightly thicker and stronger belt. They did survive being dropped a little bit better than the first one and it was the first example of a soft touch mechanism which sold it.

[@paulb4uk]

Superb job i tend to use belts listed as being specific to the model often there remade to exact dimensions seen some people have problems with large packs of belts being misshaped.If you do any sony wm31 they have tiny little rubber gromet type spacers if they fall out it works at correct speed till you put thje casing back on spent ages trying to work out why had to open another to see why ,good job your belt was still whole took me ages removing the sticky mess that was once a belt in the wm31.

[@anthonycristiano]

I just picked up one on a whim, and looks like I'll need to change the belt in it. This video was helpful. Thanks!

[@jpaleas]

Probably the most iconic Walkman ever made ! Even Sony never produced anything as good looking as this model ever again.

[@id-mic]

How did you put the door switch back on as I put it back in but it doesent click when I close the door. Thanks again for the guide! Got it back up and running!

[@kathleencompton9006]

Thank you for the video. I accidentally pulled loose some wires when I removed the volume board. Can you post an up close photo of it so I can weld the wires back on?

[@Steph-iw3hr]

hi , what do you use to clean the volume button, because i bought one on ebay , and there are a lot of crackles when i touch this button , thanks

[@Mrflapjackz03]

This video was great! Would you mind telling me what kind of toolset I would need for repairing this and other sorts of walkman?

[@b3nchur]

The wires you detached - did you desolder them??