Steve, This is my VV-X. My work horse. I pulled the motor board this morning to look at the motor assembly. Nothing looks broken or stripped. When I turn the crank to wind it, only one of the two spring barrels turns and there is the sound of something slipping loose sort of like a dull click. I am guessing that the spring has either broken or slipped off of the post.
The springs on this machine have been grabbing a bit lately. It was due for a rebuild or at the least a good cleaning. Who would you all recommend that I send this to for repair? I've decided to let a professional do the rebuild. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Medved<mailto:[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Main Spring breakage Hi Tom, On my Vic VI when you wound it up so far the spring barrels would flex and the round gear would come off of the worm gear and it would unwind very fast. I solved this by putting felt between the barrels. Please let us know what you find and what Victrola was it? Steve I had something happen tonight that was a first for me. While playing a record on one of my Victrola's I had the main spring break! It was so violent that the record came off of the center post. Luckily, the record wasn't damaged. It looks like I am going to get my first shot at totally replacing a main spring. Tom _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com<http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com> From smille1 Sun Jul 25 09:32:37 2004 From: smille1 (Sean Miller) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:48 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Main Spring breakage References: <001e01c471e2$f3aaa150$6401a...@danslaptop> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <02b701c47254$3d380f80$6401a...@seankzmr8ddhdv> Tom, George Vollema is the best around. Fast turn-around and very reasonable prices. He has a website: www.victroladoctor.com and his email is [email protected] Hope this helps! Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Jordan" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Main Spring breakage Steve, This is my VV-X. My work horse. I pulled the motor board this morning to look at the motor assembly. Nothing looks broken or stripped. When I turn the crank to wind it, only one of the two spring barrels turns and there is the sound of something slipping loose sort of like a dull click. I am guessing that the spring has either broken or slipped off of the post. The springs on this machine have been grabbing a bit lately. It was due for a rebuild or at the least a good cleaning. Who would you all recommend that I send this to for repair? I've decided to let a professional do the rebuild. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Medved<mailto:[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Main Spring breakage Hi Tom, On my Vic VI when you wound it up so far the spring barrels would flex and the round gear would come off of the worm gear and it would unwind very fast. I solved this by putting felt between the barrels. Please let us know what you find and what Victrola was it? Steve I had something happen tonight that was a first for me. While playing a record on one of my Victrola's I had the main spring break! It was so violent that the record came off of the center post. Luckily, the record wasn't damaged. It looks like I am going to get my first shot at totally replacing a main spring. Tom _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com<http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com> _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
