Fixing My Microcassette Recorder

This is me repairing a microcassette recorder in my studio. Until I bought an iPhone in 2008 or so, I used this microcassette recorder to save all my song ideas. We’re 20 years on from that now, and all the dry belts on these recorders are disintegrating. You might be in the same situation I am, and if so, here’s how I replace them.