Product Overview
Genuine Sony Pinch Roller Arm Assembly, New Old Stock in the Original Box
Condition
New old stock, unused. The assembly comes in its original blue Sony service parts box, the label printed 3-967-987-01 with the factory description ARM ASSY, P ROLLER in katakana and English, a barcode, 1 PCS, and MADE IN JAPAN. The box shows its shelf years: a couple of light tan stains on the label and handling at the corners. The part inside is clean, a light gray finished metal arm carrying a black rubber pinch roller on a brass hub, a brass pivot bushing set through the arm body, and a formed tab at the far end. No flat spots, cracking, or tape residue are visible on the roller in the photos, and the metal shows no bends or installation marks. A small stamped character is visible on the face of the arm.
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Product Overview
The Sony 3-967-987-01 is the complete pinch roller arm assembly for Sony professional broadcast equipment, the hinged arm that carries the rubber pinch roller and swings it against the capstan so tape is pulled through the transport at speed. It arrives the way Sony built it, with roller, brass hub, pivot bushing and actuating tab as one factory unit, so there is no pressing a bare roller onto a tired arm and hoping the runout comes out right. The box label carries the full Sony service number 3-967-987-01 alongside the factory description ARM ASSY, P ROLLER, which is the string you will be matching against a service manual parts list. Packed one piece to a box, made in Japan.
Key Features
- Sony genuine service part number: 3-967-987-01
- Factory box description: ARM ASSY, P ROLLER (pinch roller arm assembly)
- Black rubber pinch roller on a brass hub, retaining washer visible at the roller face
- Brass pivot bushing set through a light gray finished metal arm
- Formed actuating tab at the end opposite the roller
- Packed one piece per box, box marked MADE IN JAPAN
- Condition: new old stock, unused, as shown in the photos
- Application per the original listing: Sony professional broadcast equipment
- Machine-by-machine compatibility: not confirmed - verify 3-967-987-01 against your service manual parts list before use
Applications
- Broadcast maintenance engineer swapping out a hardened or flat-spotted pinch roller in a Sony transport that is still racked and working
- Video and audio restoration shop rebuilding a Sony tape path with original Sony part numbers instead of aftermarket rubber
- Archive transfer operator keeping a spare arm on the shelf so a slipping capstan does not halt a digitizing run
- Collector bringing a Sony deck back to running condition with the assembly Sony specified for it
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly ships?
One pinch roller arm assembly in the Sony box shown, the label marked 1 PCS. Roller, brass hub, arm, pivot bushing and tab come as a single factory assembly. No mounting screws, springs, clips, or other transport hardware are included - what the photos show is what ships.
It is new old stock, so is the rubber still usable?
It has never been installed, and the roller face is clean with no flat spots or cracking visible in the photos. Rubber still changes with age no matter how it is stored, and we cannot give you a durometer or shore hardness figure, so wipe the roller with isopropyl alcohol and confirm it turns cleanly on its hub before you commit it to a tape path.
Will it fit my Sony machine?
The part number is the answer. Sony assigned 3-967-987-01 to this assembly and the original listing identifies it as a professional broadcast equipment part, and we cannot confirm a machine list beyond that. Look up 3-967-987-01 in your service manual parts list and match it before ordering.
The box looks like it has been sitting. Does that matter?
Only cosmetically. The label has picked up a couple of light tan stains and the corners have been handled, which is what happens to service stock that waited on a shelf for years. The assembly inside is untouched.
Why buy this boxed Sony arm instead of pulling one out of a donor deck?
Because you know exactly what this one is. It is a single genuine Sony assembly, photographed beside the Sony box it was packed in, with the service number on the label, rather than a roller of unknown age harvested from a machine that got scrapped for a reason. Chasing a donor deck or an auction lot means paying to ship a whole transport to get one arm, and the roller in it has already done its miles. Shipping here is $8 flat rate and free once your order passes $28, and orders leave our Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
A pinch roller is the only part of a transport that actually lays hands on the tape, which is why Sony sent it out one piece to a box with its own barcode. This one spent its whole life in that box - put it in your machine and the tape path gets a fresh face.
