Commodore 1530 C2N Datassette (Taiwan Model) Idler Tyre

Brand New Replacement Idler Tyre for the Commodore C2N Datassette Unit (Made in Taiwan)Amstrad CPC 464

THIS PACK CONTAINS 1 TYRE, NEWLY MADE FOR THE C2N

The idler tyre is a small but crucial part of the C2N cassette mechanism. If the idler tyre is worn or broken, the tape will not be pulled past the head at a constant rate (if at all) which results in very poor loading performance and "chewed up" tapes.

I have serviced many C2N units over the last few years and a damaged idler tyre and idler tyre failures are becoming much more common.. It is an age related problem as the idler tyre rubber degrades naturally over time causing slippage (which isn't improved by changing the Datassette unit drive belt), and eventually total breakage.

Early symptoms usually show up as inconsistent loading, crashes during loading, or the tape visibly slows, then speeds up again.
Sometimes, small gaps are visible in the tyre, or the tyre falls off completely and you find it inside the C2N case (see photographs).

The idler tyres are very hard to find now and these are from a brand new trial batch we had specifically made. 
They have been tested extensively and work perfectly.

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