Success!!
I was already using grease (nasty black stuff, for cars with disc brakes)
so was disappointed by the "use grease!" replies - HOWEVER, as 100% of the
replies were "use grease", that had to be the answer. My grease was not
sticky enough. I dug out a little tube of "Bulb Grease", unopened for maybe
15 years, and put some in the bearing race of the arm, AFTER having all the
parts in the fridge for an hour. Also turned the a/c up full-blast, and
tried not to heat the parts with my hands. That stuff was like almost-dry
rubber cement - the balls did not move from their groove, and the goo was
strong enough to hold the steel plate in place while I slipped the assembly
into its mounting hole & slid the cover on.
Many thanks to youse all! I promise not to fiddle with the brass
reproducer - not broken, no fixin'. Now, I will clean out the sticky bulb
grease & look into that "F-1 hard felt" .
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