RE: I have a BIC 980 and.....

Posted by Cougar (A) on September 21, 2014 at 17:13:43

In Reply to: RE: I have a BIC 980 and..... posted by Doug G. on September 20, 2014 at 17:13:09:

"Yeah, it sounds like the O-Ring has expanded. I know others have found the correct size at typical hardware stores but I don't remember the size. You could just measure the diameter of the platter spindle below where the gear teeth are and take the old one with and get one that has the same inner diameter and about the same thickness."

I will look into this. Hopefully, I van find one or even better the original O-ring.

"30 weight motor oil works very well for the platter spindle. The original was 90 weight differential gear oil and, while it works real well for damping, it eventually turns to glue/cement and freezes the platter on the spindle."

I will use this on the next bearing install.

"OK on the caps as they are just filters and probably won't affect the oscillator."

They shouldn't affect the oscillator circuit, the film caps most certainly will and then I would have to recalibrate that circuit. If anything, the Panasonic FM caps should be a big improvement due to the noise removal in the circuit.

Thank you for all your help!

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