Panasonic NV-HD650

I used to repair these videos by the dozen, a very common fault was not loading or ejecting the tape…and if the tape is stuck in the loading tray it makes getting the thing to pieces very difficult. Anyway, there’s a small sleeve on the spindle of the loading motor, it couples the motor to the worm gear, when it splits the spindle just spins with none of the force being transferred to the worm gear. Glueing isn’t really an ...