Last night I fixed one of my 8 track tapes
I just got BARRY MANILOWS first concert (1977) and there was basically NO PAD and when track 4 played,the right channel wasnt there. (I LISTEN IN MONO BUT IT STILL MAKES IT SOUND WIERD MISSING A CHANNEL)
I popped the cartridge open and put a good pad in

(Thankfully it wasnt damaged)