Posted by manualblock [ 69.114.4.252 ] on February 23, 2005 at 07:40:22:

In Reply to: Systemdek 2 bearing posted by newto on February 23, 2005 at 01:47:29:

You have a problem. Bad bearings are a wash. Most good guys who restore turntables use a sleeve of teflon in the bearing well. First; how did you determine there is bearing rumble, with a stethoscope?
Second you need to find out if they used an off the shelf bearing assembly or one that was custom made. Wherever they sourced the original bearing; that place may still be around. Try some research on the Vinyl Engine site, they should have the info you need. There could be a replacement since there are lots of those tables in use. Since that was an English product I bet Len Gregory has knowledge of it. Try the Cartridge Man site.
There are no quick fix's for bad bearings.
Let us know.

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