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Used contact cleaner on Nak BX-300; now broke

Hello,

I had some crackling with the bias knob on my Nak BX-300 cassette deck. So I pulled off the knob and sprayed some "TV-Tuner/Control Cleaner & Lubricant" aka contact cleaner on it.

While I was there I sprayed some cleaner into the volume and recording levels and some in the pitch control.

Turned the deck on and now it's gone haywire. It acts like a deck that needs new belts; the unit refuses to rewind or fast forward. It also refuses to play. All lights work and the motors seem to be working. The belts were replaced a few months ago so that should not be an issue.

What do you guys think? Did I short this unit out or break it? How can I fix it?

PS The deck worked just fine before I sprayed cleaner in the knobs.
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xiekitchen
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I have a BX-300, great deck by the way..
It had drive functions fail some time back.. had to have the 'gear drive upgrade' performed by 'authorized service center'. Once this was done, everything worked fine again no problems. I would encourage you to get the gear drive upgrade fix done, if this is still available.
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