10-06-2014, 11:48 AM
It looks like your turntable has had the post-war retrofit for the motor and drive installed. The phono in my 42-1015 is the same way. I bought a bunch of square cross-section O-rings from McMaster-Carr to replace the rubber on the drive wheel. PM me your mailing address and I'll drop one in the mail for you gratis. I only needed one but had to buy something like 10 of them.
I also did some modifications to the mounting of that drive wheel in my unit. There was a lot of slop in the way the bracket that holds the wheel was mounted to the base which caused the wheel to wobble while the platter was spinning. There was a shoulder bushing that fit into the slot of the bracket and a mounting screw when through this bushing and into the base. The bushing was a little too long so I filed it down and made sure there was a washer on the top of the bracket between it and the nut that held everything together. I checked that there was minimal wobble but that the whole assembly was not so tight as to prevent the bushing from sliding in the slot on the bracket. A little bit of grease on those surfaces also helps.
I also did some modifications to the mounting of that drive wheel in my unit. There was a lot of slop in the way the bracket that holds the wheel was mounted to the base which caused the wheel to wobble while the platter was spinning. There was a shoulder bushing that fit into the slot of the bracket and a mounting screw when through this bushing and into the base. The bushing was a little too long so I filed it down and made sure there was a washer on the top of the bracket between it and the nut that held everything together. I checked that there was minimal wobble but that the whole assembly was not so tight as to prevent the bushing from sliding in the slot on the bracket. A little bit of grease on those surfaces also helps.
Sean
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