[Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question

2011-10-02 Thread Melissa Ricci
Hello Everyone!  We were lucky enough to win a nice Victor III at an auction last week. When we got it home it was a typical unrestored machine. Covered in old crusty grease and one governor weight had a broken spring. We took it all apart, cleaned each part thoroughly and ordered and received

Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question

2011-10-02 Thread Mike Stitt
Melissa. Did you try raising the drive gear for the gov. above center line? Mike oldcranky On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Melissa Ricci riccib...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Everyone! We were lucky enough to win a nice Victor III at an auction last week. When we got it home it was a typical

Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question

2011-10-02 Thread Vinyl Visions
I can't really tell from the video, but... it appears in the video that the clicking noise occurs at the time when a screw below the gears - on a collar around the shaft - may be sticking out too far and hitting a screw on the governor springs. I can't really tell because of the angle, but if

Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question

2011-10-02 Thread Melissa Ricci
Good guess but nothing is hitting anywhere. The screws that are sticking out do not contact anything when running. We have checked that very carefully because that is what we thought it was at first. Thanks. ___ Phono-L mailing list

Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question

2011-10-02 Thread Mike Stitt
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Vinyl Visions vinyl.visi...@live.comwrote: I can't really tell from the video, but... it appears in the video that the clicking noise occurs at the time when a screw below the gears - on a collar around the shaft - may be sticking out too far and hitting a

Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question

2011-10-02 Thread Mike Stitt
Melissa, VV, In the first video you see the the screw come around and click. I would move the Gov forward and the drive gear up toward the turntable. I'm gonna guess the ball bearing is intact under the spindle. M On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Vinyl Visions vinyl.visi...@live.comwrote: I

Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question

2011-10-02 Thread Melissa Ricci
It is a good idea. We tried raising it and lowering it but there was no change. Thank you. Melissa ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org