I just made a video about the CCR-82. Link below. The belt dimensions are in the video description. In the Links section of the description are links to the company who makes the belts and the distributor I bought them from. A very unscientific specification is ‘just tight enough to do the job’. Since very little power is being transmitted little tension is needed. Belts should not be tight. This puts too much tension on the pulleys and wears things out prematurely.
The quality of the belt is important too. I have shied away from big sets of random belts to buying belts of known length and quality. That way they should last for the rest of my lifetime at least. While I got this deck mechanically working the amplifier IC was bad. I did get a new chip but have not installed it yet. https://youtu.be/aqW6cF-4btI Jeff Birt From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> On Behalf Of Cedric Amand Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:30 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: [M100] Fixing a CCR 82 the proper way Hello everyone, Hi have a CCR-82 that kinda "works" but I know it's absolutely not working well. I initially changed the belts with a set of assorted belts out of amazon, again this "kinda works", but they quickly lost their tension, The tape goes way too slow. I ordered a 3Khz test cassette, but before using it I guess I have to be confident in my new belts. What would be real, actual, best belts for the ccr82 ? Exact dimensions seem to be a mystery. What should be the belt "tension" (tight, super tight, loose ?) The technical manual has a tuning procedure, which i'll try to follow for the parts that don't require exotic equipments like small dynamometers, but if anyone has experiences to share about rejuvenating a CCR82 (or I guess 81) that would be much appreciated thanks !
