Hi Ben!

I had a similar problem with a teac x-10 reel to reel. I got new capstan 
rollers from terry's rubber rollers and the problem went away.

http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/

Hope this will help,

Erik

On 2/16/2016 11:19 AM, James Roth wrote:
> Greetings, everyone
>
> We (the RSA) have a TEAC X-1000R giving me a bit of trouble.
> When playing tape in forward direction the tape sometimes slips of the head, however, when playing the tape in reverse direction it plays just fine.
> Can anyone perform a remote diagnoses?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ben Roth
> Recorded Sound Archives
> Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
>
>