Pinch roller woes on my Sony TC-530

Upon further inspection, I found that the pinch roller does not come in
contact with capstan when in the forward position. Is there a screw or
something I can adjust to get proper contact with the capstan? I will
post pictures if necessary.
Rusty

On 24 Sep 2006 17:18:57 -0700, "Rusty"
wrote:

Upon further inspection, I found that the pinch roller does not come in
contact with capstan when in the forward position. Is there a screw or
something I can adjust to get proper contact with the capstan? I will
post pictures if necessary. snip

Not that I know of. Most Sonys just used a spring loaded swing arm
operated from a cam on the main function lever. There MAY be an
adjustment that'll allow the pinch roller to hit the capstan, but my
first thought it that something's not lubricated properly and the
swing arm isn't moving on its pivot. Find the pivot for the pinch
roller swing arm and you'll fix your problem....not that you'll get a
very good machine, even when this is working! I'm pretty sure the
mechanical (as horrid as it was) linkage arrangement on the 530 is
similar to that of the 630, and it is troublesome, indeed.