Servicing a Canon VR-HF600

[Tony75]

Originally Posted by waltchan

Tape still threaded means the idler tire has a crack or a slippage. Check it.

That would be the case for the Canon which would have an idler tyre but not the Philips/JVC unit as mentioned. They have a gear and felt clutch system.
Just replaced the idler tyre on one of my old D-deck National (Panasonic) units after a failure to record on Wednesday night, took all of 4 minutes, most of which was spent looking for the little split washer that flew away