The final crowning task to be completed on the Beocord 9000 that I am restoring right now was to rebuild the pitted and cracked pinch roller. Most of these decks have this issue. After all they are more than 30 years old! That is definitely exceeding the life expectancy of most rubber based products. I think a rebuild of the pinch roller is a must if one wants these decks to perform as new.
Luckily, there is Terry Witt at Terry's Rubber Rollers & Wheels. He is the world expert on rebuilding tape rollers and has a widely acknowledged authority on this topic...just visit some 'tape heads' blogs and chat rooms...;-). I think he does an outstanding job for an entirely reasonable price. So, don't bother buying second rate stuff on eBay with bad bearings and plastic wheels etc...just extract your original B&O quality rubber roller and send it to him! He is absolutely reliable and trustworthy! I made a short video about this procedure for the Beocord 9000. It shows how to get the roller out and put it back in. Enjoy!:
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