Is it bad for the little 'fuzz cube' to fall out of a cassette tape?

[Steve]

I am recording a bunch of cassette tapes with Sound Forge and I just took one out of its case. The little rectangular cube of fuzz at the bottom center (that the tape ribbon touches) fell out. Last night I Krazy-Glued one back in on another tape. Do I need to do this or will the tape play okay without it?

 

[Pepsi90919]

underneath the fuzzy thing is probably a metal leaf spring. if it makes continuous contact with the tape then yes it would be a bad thing


god i'm old.

 

[Steve]

Thanks, there is a springy metal pad it sits on, time to break out the glue again

 

[spacejamz]

what is a cassette tape?

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
underneath the fuzzy thing is probably a metal leaf spring. if it makes continuous contact with the tape then yes it would be a bad thing


god i'm old.

your old..heck i remember trying to use a cassete tape attached to a commodore vic20 to store BASIC programs in

 

[McCarthy]

The felt pad presses the tape up against the record/play head. Without it in place the tape shouldn't (shouldn't, but no promises) contact the spring, but nor will it have consistent pressure as it passes over the heads. This results in weak and varying playback.

 

[cessna152]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
what is a cassette tape?

hehe