Sankyo STD-1700 - Reel Torque Adjustment

5.3 Reel torque
Forward torque
1.
2.
4.
Clean the tension pulley and reel base wheel.
Read the reel torque on the cassette torque
meter and make sure the torque is within 40 —
70 g.cm.
. If the torque is not correct, turn the plate
shown in the figure with a screwdriver or
tweezers until it is positioned at the center
of the most suitable of the three cam surfaces.
If the torque is still incorrect, replace the
tension pulley assembly.
Fast forward, rewind torque
1.
2.
Clean the idler pulleys and reel base wheels.
Read the reel torque on the cassette torque
meter and make sure-the torque is within 70 —
150 g.cm.
. If the torque is not correct, replace the idler
assembly.
Turning the plate adjusts the forward torque
to three different degrees.
Three cam faces