You don't know just how lucky you were with that one! I've opened my old WM-3060 up to change the belts to find that the old ones have just melted into a sticky gooey black tar mess! Going to take me an age to clean it all off - if I can...Yuk!
I've been unfortunate enough to open many decks with liquefied belts. It's a tedious process to clean all that gunk out. Lots of time, patience, swabs, and isopropyl alcohol will get that stuff out of there.
There are sellers on eBay who sell belt kits for various Walkman models, but you can also find an assorted package of belts and pull the correct size belts from that as well.
Cool walkman i like how it shows the inner workings
That was my favorite part of the entire repair: watching it work.
Thanks so much! I thought mine was gone forever 🥺🙌🏼✨
My man!! Thanks for your help!
Happy to help!
Can you tell me the size of the replacement drive belts? thank you!
You don't know just how lucky you were with that one! I've opened my old WM-3060 up to change the belts to find that the old ones have just melted into a sticky gooey black tar mess! Going to take me an age to clean it all off - if I can...Yuk!
I've been unfortunate enough to open many decks with liquefied belts. It's a tedious process to clean all that gunk out. Lots of time, patience, swabs, and isopropyl alcohol will get that stuff out of there.
On a more positive note, the Panasonic batteries that must have been in for 24 years, although flat, hadn't leaked!
@nicam49 that's good news! Most people don't get that lucky!
Nice, makes me wish i could fix mine
I want to do this.. but where can i find new belts? 😁
There are sellers on eBay who sell belt kits for various Walkman models, but you can also find an assorted package of belts and pull the correct size belts from that as well.
Thanks!