WANTED: Victrola springs

[aledg1982]

Hi all,
I am restoring a Victor Victrola Motor
I degreased with petroleum all the gears that were stuck with hardened grease, I opened carefully the barrell with my pathologist's gloves and helmet and one of the two springs has broken.
Could you please help me finding a new one?
You can see the motor in the pictures.
I saw on ebay a lot of springs but I don'tknow what fits into my motor.
Thank you!!

[Lucius1958]

Ron Sitko is the one to call.

You should probably replace both springs at the same time, for best results.

Bill

[CDBPDX]

This motor takes 2 - 1 ¼" wide, 18 ½ feet long Victrola springs with pear shaped holes at each end. The arbor diameter is ⅝".

As mentioned above, Ron Sitko is an excellent source for springs. He will know exactly what spring you need.

Have fun! Cliff

[aledg1982]

Exactly, I found them!! Thank you very much.
Unfortunately, when I removed the springs I did not note down their direction... I read on the forum that the wing near the main gear must be clockwise and the other one counter clockwise... can you confirm that?

Thank you.