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GENERAL DISASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS

FOR

RE-BELTING & REPAIR

NON-FUNCTIONAL FF & REW

INSTRUCTIONS & PHOTOS

BOBBY JENKINS*

AKA FATDOG

www.stereo2go.com

* - Except where noted

Note: Some of the pictures didn't turn out great, but they should be good enough to get you through
the process.

Summary of Contents for GF-777

Page 1: ... RE BELTING REPAIR OF NON FUNCTIONAL FF REW INSTRUCTIONS PHOTOS BY BOBBY JENKINS AKA FATDOG www stereo2go com Except where noted Note Some of the pictures didn t turn out great but they should be good enough to get you through the process ...

Page 2: ...ne them up in the order I took them off of the boombox Turn the boombox around and remove the screws holding the boombox together If you do this part right all of the screws will stay in their respective holes Just in case the threads are slightly different for each screw you lessen the possibility of wearing out the threaded posts ...

Page 3: ...First there are two wires for the antennas that need to be disconnected Take note of the colors of the wires and which post the wires went to At the bottom of the case there is a plug for the power lead Disconnect this plug You can now CAREFULLY remove the back of the boombox completely and set aside ...

Page 4: ... by the arrows Remove the far right screw It will be a long screw with a washer Remove the screw located at the top of the boombox where the arrow is pointing Finally remove the screw at the bottom of the vertical black speaker connector block Also remove the metal bar that holds the headphone and mic boards in place ...

Page 5: ... the back Remove the screws for the metal plate and the power switch Back on the vertical black speaker connector block there are some plugs on the left underside Disconnect the plugs as indicated by the arrows One should have blue and purple wires The other should have yellow and black wires ...

Page 6: ...ector by one of the woofers Disconnect this plug Now I cannot stress this enough VERY CAREFULLY lift and remove the complete bracket housing from the inside of the boombox Do not force anything at this point If something is caught find out what it is before continuing ...

Page 7: ...d be an excellent time to clean out some dust bunnies and general nastiness from the front cover There are five screws holding the tape deck mechanism to the plastic housing Four of the screws are rather obvious ...

Page 10: ... the tape decks are out flip them over and remove the screws as indicated in the picture below The three screws on the right side of the picture might not have to be removed but it made things easier for me ...

Page 11: ...We finally reach the belts Remove all the old belts and CAREFULLY turn the tape decks over You will need to remove the flywheels without losing the little washer that slides over the posts ...

Page 12: ...y attention to that on reassembly Now that the flywheels are removed clean the small idler wheels that were hidden There are two idler wheels for each tape deck It probably wouldn t hurt to clean the plastic on the flywheel too Once the idlers are clean inspect the entire tape deck mechanism for dust dirt and general grime Clean it now before reassembly ...