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[email protected], hp9845.net and other places have lots of info about these drives and tapes. The tapes tend to physically lose their coating and the polyurethane drive capstans crumble or become chewing gum. I think you're lucky that things work at all!
Repairs and mods for these drives are described in said places. You've probably got the plastibands suggestion from one of them.

Raymond