Yamaha KXW-S70 Double Cassette Deck Does Not Play

[@ConwayMichaelF]

Just did the same repair, thanks! My daughter really likes this vintage stereo, and is discovering my old cassettes. Nice to get it working again. It feels good to repair things rather than just dump them.

[@Radar-vd6tf]

Hi, did you raise the money needed for your cat, I’ve been offline for a few weeks but sent a donation at the time ! Ryan from the uk

[@12voltvids]

I have raised almost half what I have spent.

[@Mindenhova]

Very good video, it explains everything. You just forgot one thing that would be very important for the repair. Where can I buy a belt? Because the narrow belts were completely ruined, torn. And wide belts are no longer really flexible. (KXW-10, mechanics are the same)

[@12voltvids]

Amazon has assorted kits. Be sure to get 4 or 5mm. Kpcomponents also sells belts but you will need to measure as he only sells by size.

[@Mindenhova]

@@12voltvids Thanks for the information.

[@mitvbox-f9m]

hi, my s70 has the same Issus, what size is the driver belt? i saw a lots of different size. Thanks.

[@usernameg5]

i replaced only the capston belt on my deck, couse the reel belt seemed fine... well, later i was playing a tape and the other belt snapped and my tape got eatened by the pinch rollor. And of corse it was Matti Esko - Rekkamies caseette which has sentimental value to me as i got it from my parents as a child. Fortunately only few seconds of the tape got bad per side

[@usernameg5]

national auction site had assortment of belts for 8€ + 3€ shipping.

[@12voltvids]

I really doubt that the cassette deck is even going to be used. Did you see the inside. Spotless. Never been used.

[@grizzlyaddams3606]

Hpw do they know only to eat the good ones?! I got a cheap Amazon Jensen walkman... Played my test cassette perfectly. Then I went to listen to my $45 cassette, won't name names... Eaten immediately! Ugh.

[@12voltvids]

@@grizzlyaddams3606 the question is who in their right mind would pay 45.00 for a cassette? Of who in their right mind would pay 150 for a vinyl? My son that's who! And he wonders where all his money goes.

[@sdjgfashjasbfasd]

Do you think the deck in his boat even works?

[@12voltvids]

How would i know that?

[@Jammerk40]

Did you do a speed test? You usually do that! I'm sure you did off camera!

[@12voltvids]

I speed tested with my ears.

[@Jammerk40]

@@12voltvids yeah I've done it that way many of times using a cassette and a CD of the same album and play them both at the same time till you have the cassette phased with the cd.

[@12voltvids]

@@Jammerk40 well that's one way to do it but if you've got musician ears like I do you can identify the pitch just by hearing it. So listening to music I can tell whether it's sharp or flat.

[@Jammerk40]

@@12voltvids Right I got good musical ears and most of the time I can do it just like you! Thanks again for the reply!

[@12voltvids]

@@Jammerk40 I played several instruments when I was younger. In school I played reeds (saxophone / clairinet) and I made the transition to the guitar and bass. What you play for a while your ear gets in tune and makes it pretty easy to tell if something's out of tune.

[@Jammerk40]

I had a Sony stereo that had a turntable, tuner, double cassette deck and main amp they where separate components that use computer hook up's to each unit and so on! It was a nice starter system that put out 100 watts per channel with eight inch drivers mid range driver and tweeter basically my first home system! Bought it from Montgomery Wards! Did you have those in Canada? Anyway!

[@mangeshnawathe3668]

How is your cat now?

[@12voltvids]

He is hanging in there. Touch and go.

[@Raptor50aus]

Hey if it ain't broke, don't fix. The other belts looked ok :)

[@12voltvids]

Yes they are. I doubt that it will even be used.

[@tacofortgens3471]

Always. Why change parts if you dont need to

[@GerardPinzone]

Wow. They did not design this to be serviced.

[@GerardPinzone]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin Is English your third or forth language?

[@12voltvids]

Actually this deck wasn't that bad to service. I have seen far worse.

[@grizzlyaddams3606]

@@12voltvids Aiwa Walkman... Impossible.

[@xantusik]

I think You hadn't seen unserviceable stuff. This one (just like whole cc70 set) is one of easiest I have ever repaired, but it needs more servicing than we saw here. The easiest metod to put the belt onto motor is temporarily put the belt on the solenoid cords holder, screw in the motor stand to mechanism and use some tool to put the belt from stand to roller. Of course all belts MUST be replaced. I'm buing belts in Poland for about 0,5 --> 2$ so most equipment is worth to be repaired. If you wanna se some hard to service decks try to find f.e. Unitra MDS442 (yes, vintage, polish product).

[@brentnearhood8874]

Thanks! 12

[@750kv8]

Well I boiled the belt of my UX-T150, achieved no change with that. 😐The mech of that one is a *JOKE* , even compared to *this* one. ⬆

[@12voltvids]

Works on some not on others. Depends on belt composition

[@mattm8641]

why would anyone want to spend money to get this fixed?

[@12voltvids]

My thoughts exactly.

[@zx8401ztv]

Ahh flip flop people, most annoying at times. Not quite as bad as people leaving there repaired item with you and not paying.

[@robertdavis5714]

Bazaar, to say the least. Surprised the case is metal and not plastic. Never understood why "duel" cassette players, sacrifice for the quality of just 1. You don't see any "duel" Reel to Reel.

[@tacofortgens3471]

They didnt just cheap out on double cassettte decks.

[@12voltvids]

Double cassette were designed for 2 purporses. Dubbing tapes and relay playback. 3 hours before the music repeats with 2 c90 tapes. Reel to reel was already a dead format.