| Title: | You get surface noise in real life too |
| Notice: | Let's be conformist |
| Moderator: | GOVT02::BARKER |
| Created: | Thu Jul 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 550 |
| Total number of notes: | 3847 |
My Linn motor had trouble spinning up the 45rpm attachment. This apparently revealed a weakness, which was fixed by applying a spot of sewing machine light oil on the motor bearing. Strange that they didn't check this when they rebuilt it! Anyone else had problems with motor speed/torque? I've just got a Valhalla board model; not the outboard speed control box.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 428.1 | SWBNEU::BEMONT::KNOWLES | Tue Jun 15 1993 17:20 | 9 | ||
My LP12 went speed unstable a couple of years ago. At first it just happened occasionally, and only very slightly, so that I wasn't sure it had really done anything. It seemed as though some music "played out of tune". I replaced the belt and oiled the bearing, and thought it was O.K. Then it started to happen again, and finally the Valhalla board went up in smoke... However, my dealer, Sound Advice of Loughborough, replaced the Valhalla board free of charge, even though the deck was 4 years old. Howard | |||||
| 428.2 | Motor bearing? | RDGENG::FRY | EuroISVg | Thu Jun 17 1993 13:19 | 7 |
re .1 Did you oil the motor bearing, or the main platter bearing? Fortunately, my Valhalla seems to be doing fine after 7 years. Brent | |||||
| 428.3 | It was the main platter bearing | SWBNEU::BEMONT::KNOWLES | Thu Jun 24 1993 16:11 | 8 | |
It was the main platter bearing that I oiled. Sound Advice didn't suggest oiling the motor bearing. After the Valhalla board was replaced everything was O.K., so I don't suppose the motor bearing needed oiling, as I've had no trouble since (apart from moving "house" to a major restoration project and not being able to afford a Lingo and an Ekos, and now my Troika is worn out...) Howard | |||||