[Vintage-Audio] Help! Sony Turntable Croaks!

[Bob]

Duane..

Cant find any Sony TT with numbers like that. If it is a rim
drive belt odds are it is a FRX-23.6 a flat belt 23.3 x
0.185 x 0.030 inches. That belt is pretty skinny, 0.185,
most TT belts are 0.25 or so. Sony had a lot of
combinations, but the FRX-23.6 was the most common long
belt.

WBob

"Duane Fischer, W8DBF" wrote:
> 
> 
> Today I went to play an album and the Sony turntable was not working. Worked
> just fine a few days ago. Hmmm. Platter was not moving. So the old blind dude
> stupidly stuck his left index finger in one of the three large holes in the
> heavy metal platter and 'looked' around.
> 
> If the new antibiotic Lebaquin for an UTI disagreeing with me was not enough to
> make me miserable,  I discovered that the drive shaft was still turning in the
> turntable! Darn near drilled a hole in my Braille finger. I also noted that the
> belt was off. So I powered it down and removed it from the console.
> 
> The belt is not broken, seems pliant, but is way too long. I mean, three inches
> too long. This is not just a case of stretched, as it could not possibly have
> run the last time with a belt that was this sloppy. Now I reason there must be a
> tension adjustment for this belt, but i sure can not find one.
> 
> Do any of you have any suggestions? This turntable I purchased new in 1974. I
> did replace the belt about eight years ago. It has had some use each month.
> 
> The only number I have written down is MD 88858.
> 
> Duane W8DBF
> 
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