Ive had a good look at it , its definately just the spinning video head and nothing is touching it in any way, so its a bearing or however its made. I have the sony service manual, and this doesnt detail how the head can be removed. I used to repair machines in the days of VHS and Betamax but have not much experience in camcorders especially with the specialised tools required that I dont have any more, so im going no further with it. It just happens that this is a spare machine I have because i digitized my HI-8 tapes with a newer machine. From what I can see, - unlike a VHS scanner head, the spinning head on this machine looks like it does not separate from the static head, which is a shame
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