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You can also use the search function and find many more threads on this popular topic.Scott wrote:Thanks to everyone for the massive amount of great information on this subject. My learning curve ir steep, to say the least.... I'm learning and I really appreciate it. I will try to post a short video with the motor cleaned and the reproducer rebuilt.. This is a good time.
The reproducer has been rebuilt (new gaskets, new flange gasket, new mica, and new balance springs. I was amazed at how much of an improvement there was. That old thing sounds great. Thanks again to everyone for the assist.Henry wrote:I should have added that a rebuilt sound box is essential. My Exhibition has new front and back gaskets. The front gaskets are *very* compliant, and the mica is intact (I believe it's original). Knowing what I now know, I would not have played any of my 78s with my Exhibition in its un-rebuilt condition; the gaskets had all hardened, the needle bar was O/O/A, and compliance was nowhere. Might as well scratch a nail along the grooves! Also make sure that the sound box is correctly mounted on the goose neck, and its up-and-down travel is nice and free; a drop of thin oil on the joint of the goose neck should do the job.Scott wrote:Thanks to everyone for the massive amount of great information on this subject. My learning curve ir steep, to say the least.... I'm learning and I really appreciate it. I will try to post a short video with the motor cleaned and the reproducer rebuilt.. This is a good time.
