Make sure the spinning parts, like motor and intervening wheels spin freely. If you need to fix the idler wheel and you have access to a lathe and toolpost grinder, you can remove the old rubber, pop on an appropriately sized O ring and use the grinder to make a flat edge to the O ring while the wheel spins in the lathe.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken & Brenda Brekke Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Phono-L] Rubber drive wheel question Does anyone on this list know how to revitalize an old rubber drive wheel for an electric phonograph turntable. My father would really love to get his old Magnovox to play better. The turntable's speed seems to vary a little. I was able to get to the drive wheel and the surface seemed a bit hard. If I remember they should be softer to grab the turntable better. Any help would be appreciated. Ken _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
