JVC HR-S7900U - Is there a problem with this spring?

[riverkayaker]

I have a JVC HR-S7900U and I opened it up to look at something else, but I noticed this spring that doesn't look right to me. What do you all think? All normal functions appear to work properly to me.

Close up:

Wide view:

By the way, does anyone know of the location of a technician's repair manual for this model?

Thank you!

[MadScientist]

That's funny because I thought the exact same thing when I first popped open my JVC HR-S9800U. So just in case anyone else comes across this thread, I can confirm that the spring is perfectly normal and that's how it's supposed to look. I 've got two JVC units here (HR-S7600U & HR-S9800U) and the spring looks exactly like that in both of my units.

[latreche34]

That's a cheesy way for JVC to regulate the spring tension by leaving off some a certain number of coils, I actually took mine out and made a hook out of the coil that was hooked on there and cut off the rest of the spring that was sticking out.