There was no noticable oscillation so that seemed okay.
I can spin the platter by hand and it will spin for a couple of minutes before it stops. cleaned out the sleeve, relubed the bearing and sleeve. The platter just sits atop a simple single ball bearing within a sleeve. I was actually surprised at how simple the construction was, expecting to see all these little ball bearings that needed to be cleaned but it just used a simple sleeve bearing.Ĭleaned and relubed the platter bearing. The speed has changed from 2.5% slow to about 0.65% slow, a big improvement but still a bit off (a 21 minute LP would play over 20 seconds over stated time, it now plays only several seconds longer than the 21 minutes.). I cleaned out the bottom bushing and the bottom of the armature shaft, and cleaned the sleeve bushing on the top of the armature shaft, relubed with oil. Remove the two bolts, the faceplate and all you have are the armature assembly with a sleeve bushing on the top of the shaft, the outer magnetic assembly and lower bushing assembly. Oddly, the ground cord was very tight, although only held by a slide clip, I could not remove it so I unscrewed the cable from the other side.įlip the motor over and there are two small bolts holding it together. Remove the two power leads and the ground cord and it's out. Remove the c-clips and the motor can be pulled from the rubber bushings that hold it in place. The motor is held to the chassis by three little c-clips. Well, disassembling the Garrard Asynchronous motor was a LOT easier than expected. New stuff under a grand sucks uke: Enjoy. This stuff sounds better now than it did 30yrs ago. CD's for the car-(sorry) Cant get an LP in the dash. Glad yours worked out I have the Shure V15 type III on my Dual 1229. Duals Garrards and Miracords need this done or they can be ruined. Turntables must have the platters removed and the main unit seperated from the base. I have had buyer complain I charge too much. NO PACKING!!! Brandphoenix on Ebay is a MORON. You were lucky it did not wreck the mechanism underneath, Could never get the Miracord to work. Turntables are the WORST Lost a Miracord and a Pioneer.
#Garrard zero 100 sb turntable how to#
Yehh I had people who do not know how to pack. Once you do that you should have smooth sailing. Other than that, I take the motors apart and oil the motors. These Garrards are so much easier to get at than my Duals. I also lubricate the shaft the big gear rides on. The SL 95's were prone to do that.Īfter I had one 95 do that I always pull that gear and make sure the little flipper is free. dry and it makes the tonearm act like the record is stuck. Nice and easy to get at!!! When cleaning these Garrards I always remove this gear and you will see a little "flipper like" piece that is tied to the arm and engages the auto return. One thing really nice about Garrards are that the gear that runs the 'auto" cycle is not under the chassis where they are a pain to get to and lubricate. Well, we'll see how it goes down the road as soon as I get a manual. This is very common with auto turntables apparently, especially when looking on ebay, a lot of turntables say it does not land the stylus on the proper spot. Only issue now is to completely disassemble the entire unit, remove the hardened grease and regrease it. the clip that slips over the cartridge pin had no contact since the insulation was not stripped. Bingo! The red lead showed no continuity from the cartridge to the connector. Then, I decided to check continuity in the headshell. Pulled it apart, and behold, one lead for the left channel had separated.
Put it all together and now both channels are dead. Took the bugger apart and tested every single cable length to verify and again confirmed continuity. Put it all together, and again no sound on the right. Running an ohm meter from the cable all the way to the headshell, I determined I got continuity. I removed the platter and flipped the chassis over from the base and did some checks.
#Garrard zero 100 sb turntable install#
After finally finding a Garrard alignment jig, I was able to install an old fave of mine, a Shure V15 type III with a new stylus (thank you Shure for your replacement policy), only to find out the right channel was dead. I have gingerly been able to straighten the tonearm. During shipment, the seller (Soundscape) did NOT lock down the tonearm or tighten down the transit screws. The problems with the Garrard I bought were many. Along the way, I have purchased a Sony TA-8650 V-FET amp in mint condition and now a Garrard Zero 100SB. As some of you know, I have have retroverted to my younger self and have been trying to buy stuff that I used to have in my younger days.