Recent content by Alan roche

No slow and poor start up so I did all tge posible service items. bought it late 90’s been in storage for 20 years, played about 20 hours on it to see if it settled in after all the servicing items

I have had the r200 arm rewired and a new at95ml cartridge stylus, so not wanting to replace the whole deck if a £150 motor will solve the issue. The belt and cradle belt are the silicone upgrade ones from Malvern hills audio, and the oil just over 2 drops hypoid 80 not over filled

Thank you, Yes, correct oil and very little wear, invisible, it took hours for the spindle to drop in fully, and its not over filled, just over 2 drops hypoid 90, When set at 45rpm the motor sits there knocking away unable to get the platter turning, even without a mat or record on the platter.

Ball bearing all good, measured and correct size in great order

Hi, my first post I have a Rega 3, done the following 1: rewired tone arm the s shaped one by vinyl source 2: cleaned and relubed the platter bearing 3: replaced belt and motor support band 4: replaced the capacitor 5: lubed motor shaft Question is, the deck is very slow to start in 33rpm mode...