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I have a 1919 VV-IX table top that I'm trying to bring back to life When I turn the crank I feel tension up to a certain point but don't reach the end of the spring. When I play a record, it slows down after about 2 minutes and requires turning the crank some more to have enough tension to finish playing the rest of the record. I would guess these are symptoms of one of the two springs being broken.

I have no experience in repairing nor replacing the spring and want to just try swapping the double spring drum with one having a working set of springs. Please send me a PM if you have a spare double spring drum.

Thanks!

AR

Send me the drum; I'll fix it. Do you want a pair of new springs or "blacksmithed" old ones?



Ron Sitko is also a very good repairman. You're better off keeping the originality of your Victrola by doing this rather than junking out another to get yours back to life. Of course, a lot of VV-IXes are pretty "junky" today but they're so easily fixed that it's more logical just to fix up what you have.

Send me the drum; I'll fix it. Do you want a pair of new springs or "blacksmithed" old ones?

Another example of the Forum at its best!!!

Jerry Blais

Charles,

Thanks for offering to fix/replace the springs, but I found a good deal on ebay for an entire motor with working springs and will just swap out the spring barrel and will keep the rest of the parts as spares for future projects.

Once again, I really appreciate you trying to help me out!

AR