You can take out the mechanism without removing the motherboards yeah. The mech is secured by a few screws and 2 or 3 (don't remember) plastic thingies, and there are some contacts it plugs into that will also provide a bit of resistance, with all that out it lifts out. Also have to disconnect the ribbon cables and remove the front cover first.
I suggest consult the service manual for the VCR or another one from around the same time if you can't find the specific one. May even be able to find a video of it as they used this mechanism in all their consumer vcrs for a few years.
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