Found two mint new "old stock" Kenwood ld players. They surprise me regarding picture quality and ease of build.
They play cd with loading the first time like a breeze.
Laserdiscs work great but both units need 2 attempts to start spinning a ld. Once a disc inside the players try reading the ld but they fail every first time. I hit play again and they both spin without a problem. If I open the drawer when they fail to spin up I get the same loading issue. I suspect it is just a simple loading belt issue.
Removed and cleaned the belts on both machines but no luck. Did notice the belts are a little out of shape. The players are never used. They just sat in their box unopened. All the grease is fine and they sound very quiet.
I found the original Kenwood spare part number of these belts but they are unavailable. How do I measure these to get a generic new belt. I did found a few sites who provide belts.
The Pioneer loading belts are no fit... I can dream can't I