Why do I have to clean my cassette tape?
If the pinch roller is dirty it can stick to the tape causing it to wrap around the pinch roller instead of being wound onto the take-up reel. In this case you just need to clean the pinch roller. Put the unit in Play without a cassette tape installed (not all units will go into play without a tape installed).
What should I do if my cassette player does not play?
Then put the unit in fast forward and clean the capstan shaft in the same manner. If your unit will not go into play without a tape installed, you will just have to clean it a little at a time as you turn the roller with your finger.
What do you use to clean a cassette switch?
If you can see into the end of the switch, spray the WD-40 inside the switch and work it back and forth. If the switch is sealed with a brown bake-lite type material, take a small screw driver and chip one of the back corners off. This will not effect the integrity of the switch. Then you can spray the cleaner into the switch.
How do you repair a WD-40 cassette player?
Locate the controls. You will see an opening where the wires attach or where the pins attach to the circuit board. Using the small tube on the WD-40 can, spray some cleaner into each of the openings. Then work the controls back and forth a few times and repeat.
Then put the unit in fast forward and clean the capstan shaft in the same manner. If your unit will not go into play without a tape installed, you will just have to clean it a little at a time as you turn the roller with your finger.
If the pinch roller is dirty it can stick to the tape causing it to wrap around the pinch roller instead of being wound onto the take-up reel. In this case you just need to clean the pinch roller. Put the unit in Play without a cassette tape installed (not all units will go into play without a tape installed).
What kind of tool do you use to remove cassettes?
The skewer acts as a holding device for freewheel removal tool. Hold cogs in clockwise direction with sprocket chain whip tool. Turn remover counter-clockwise, using a large adjustable wrench, the hex end of another Park Tool sprocket chain whip tool, or the Park Tool FRW-1 freewheel wrench.
How do you remove a cassette from a SRAM XD?
SRAM XD freehubs and sprockets are considered a cassette system. The lockring mechanism is hidden down inside the cassette stack. Inspect the inner perimiter of the smallest sprocket for 12 splines. Use the FR-5.2, FR-5.2GT, FR-5.2H, or FR-5.2G on this fitting. To remove the cassette, hold it from spinning using a chain whip.