official ghetto stuck cassette tape fix

[///M42 sport]

I find I'm one of the few that still uses the stock cassette deck. I used one of those cassettes that lets me plug into my phone. Worked fine for me until one day it just kept flipping sides on the cassette. Well finally I got tired of it today and decided to fix it.

Take cassette deck out of dash and take out the 2 screws holding the top plate on.


This exposes the cassette holding mechanism. Looking at it its pretty obvious that there are only 4 screws holding it in place. After that you can just lift the cassette holder out.


After that get access to the bottom of the cassette holder. Its held together by 6 screws. 2 on the bottom, and 2 each side. After taking the bottom plate off, I found out my problem. The rubber belt broke :(


Since I still wanted to use my plug in cassette, I figured Ill just take one of these aluminum wheels out. Thatll keep the deck player from constantly flipping between sides of the tape.


End result...it works!! Now just have to find out why the gears turn so loud haha.

[RUFFLZ]

What do you mean kept flipping sides?
As in, there was a constant intermittent pause during song play? Cuz my shit does that and it makes me wanna key lbv's vert

[///M42 sport]

the cassette deck acted like it was searching for something to play. so it would keep forward and reversing the tape nonstop. drive me nuts

[RUFFLZ]

I can sympathize witchu.
tape deck is my main means of music to keep the factory look, so this problem I'm having is infuriating.
If someone knows the solution, holla

[///M42 sport]

It sounds like a mechanical problem. Theres a ton of small gears in there so maybe the teeth to one of them is worn? Or that tiny rubber belt is on its last legs and is slipping? Just have to take it apart to see.

[///M42 sport]

anyone know where to search to replace the rubber belt? I guess a rubberband would work?

[rex]

Bringing this thread back from the dead...

When I first got my car (~3.5 months ago) the cassette player worked great

but now I am having the same issue, it constantly "flips" to the other side of the tape

I had a tape deck cleaner kit so I tried using that but it didn't help at all

Did you ever figure this out?

[Todd Black 88]

Ummm......did you actually read his post?

[DER E30]

Ummm......did you actually read his post?

[rex]

Ummm......did you actually read his post?

I did, I was asking if he had figured out the rubber belt/rubber band. im guessing that the tape will no longer automatically flip sides with this fix/ without replacing that belt. If that's the only side effect then I guess I don't really need to know bc I'm fine ejecting and flipping it over by hand


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[slammin.e28]

I remember a time when you actually had to flip your disc by hand because tape players didn't have that technology.


Not really, but whatevs. My deck in the e34 does that flipping shit. Will be fixing now. THX FOR BUMPING MANG

[slammin.e28]

So, did this to my tape player.

No dice. It just sits in TAPE mode and constantly tries to flip a tape that isn't there.

WOMP WOMP.

[agent]

My random auto-reversing issue turned out to be a warped adapter. The plastic they make those things out of isn't nearly as rigid (thick?) as actual cassette tapes of yore.

[anokES]

Obvious screws? I can't even figure out how to get the cassette holder out

[E30Jigzaw]

I'm still rolling with a cassette player ")