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: Liquid Bearings 100%-synthetic Oil for all turntables, Provides Superior Lubriion and smoother, quieter operation…

A Synthetic Bearing oil of 65 ISO without detergents or other additives seems to be a consistent and logical recommendation thoughIn use I find this oil to be very good if not excellent. Turntable speed has increased slightly (using a phone app) start up time to speed seems to also have increased, any drag noise seems to also have disappeared.

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The Source Turntable: Cleaning the bearing - Blogger

7/6/2014· Use specific turntable oil or compressor oil to relube. The sub platter will take some time to sit properly in the housing, because the air has to escape as the platter drops. Don''t force it down, let it settle by itself. While you''re at it, replace the belt. A Thorens

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Lubriing the turntable - Blogger

1/3/2011· I used a straw to draw a little bit of Mobil 1 oil and oiled the spindle and then released a few drops into the bearing housing. When I inserted the spindle into the bearing housing, the sub-platter floated and it took several minutes for it to slowly descend. After placing

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Suspension - The Analog Dept

Put enough oil in so that excess oil will spill out the top of the bearing when the sub-platter is installed. Mop up the mess. Choice of oil is an option and debatable. The original factory recommended oil is no longer offered. My personal choice is to use a straight

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Turntable Bearing Oil - and the price of hifi branded oils - Page 4 - …

8/7/2018· For years hypoid 90 gear oil was used for the majors like Thorens and Linn and Ariston etc. (after all it keeps your car gearbox running well for 100s of 1000s of miles turning at thousands of revs per minute. In a turntable you have a bearing with not a lot of

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Thorens turntable bearing oil recommendations? - Sources - …

24/11/2008· For my Thorens TD160, I simply use the 5W10 (may be I got the type wrong) motor oil. I just used a q-tip and applied a few drops of oil on the shaft. However, I cleaned mine as best as I could before applying the new oil.

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Should I oil my turntable bearing? | Steve Hoffman Music Forums

25/3/2016· I use Liquid bearings available on ebay. Made for Thorens etcs not cheap so i use a syringe as you don,t need a lot. Try to clean as much out as you can out of …

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Should I oil my turntable bearing? | Steve Hoffman Music Forums

25/3/2016· I use Liquid bearings available on ebay. Made for Thorens etcs not cheap so i use a syringe as you don,t need a lot. Try to clean as much out as you can out of …

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Listening #201: the Buddha Bearing | Stereophile

20/8/2019· I used to own an idler turntable; a Thorens TD-124. It was beautifully built and had a big sound that was quite addictive, but it was very capricious in how it functioned from week to week. While the bearing was well made and of high precision, it was never designed

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Thorens TD 160 Motor is the heart of the most enduring vinyl …

The Thorens TD 160 Motor is most definitely worth repairing. In its day it was the apex of vinyl turntable engineering and its durability is a testament to self-lubriing motors. They were hand asseled and pressed together so they can be rebuilt.

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How much oil should I put in the bearing of a Thorens TD150

Question - How much oil should I put in the bearing of a Thorens TD150 - 70. Find the answer to this and other Electronics questions on JustAnswer We use cookies to …

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Cleaning and oiling the sub-platter bearing

Clean the well from the old oil or deposits with a cotton swab; clean the shaft with a soft cloth and oil both shaft and well. Sewing machine, gun lubriing, as well as car motor oil, are all suited for the task. A 10 mm bearing shaft in good conditions …

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Turntable Bearing Lube Oil -

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The Source Turntable: Cleaning the bearing - Blogger

7/6/2014· Use specific turntable oil or compressor oil to relube. The sub platter will take some time to sit properly in the housing, because the air has to escape as the platter drops. Don''t force it down, let it settle by itself. While you''re at it, replace the belt. A Thorens

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Bearings - Nye Lubricants

Bearings Performance of the lubricant in the bearing industry is a major issue – how long and how well it can minimize friction to prevent bearing wear. Nye offers an extensive collection of bearing oils and greases. Each is designed to provide an adequate film of

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Suspension - The Analog Dept

Put enough oil in so that excess oil will spill out the top of the bearing when the sub-platter is installed. Mop up the mess. Choice of oil is an option and debatable. The original factory recommended oil is no longer offered. My personal choice is to use a straight

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Turntable Question: Why Use Synthetic Bearing Oil? | LiQUiD …

9/4/2014· When we service your turntable, wherever possible, synthetic oil or grease will be used to lubrie the spindle bearing. Where it all happens – the spindle, with recess for a ball bearing on the left, the stator and bearing well assely ready to receive fresh synthetic oil on the right. Note the beautifully wound motor field coils.

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Michell Synthetic Turntable Bearing Oil - Michell from Turntable…

Michell use a proprietary synthetic oil to lubrie the main bearing in all their turntables. The oil has to be a precise viscosity to enable the inverted bearings to circulate the oil correctly. We endeavour to despatch same day for orders placed up to 12 noon on available stock items (items with stock message "Usually dispatched within 24 hours").

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The Analog Dept. - Funny things people notice about Thorens platter bearings.

This allowed Thorens to use the same shaft and bearing housing on both the TD125 Mk II and the new TD160. An apparent cost savings in manufacturing time, labor and materials. Whether or not there was any sonic loss as a result is unknown but it would appear the TD125 Mk II became a little less expensive to manufacture.

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Turntable oil bearing - Audiogon Discussion Forum

22/1/2005· This discussion. Message User. 2,136 posts. 11-11-2001 1:40pm. Edit. Delete. The suggestions above are all good. To offer another option, you might consider getting a bottle of turntable bearing oil from VPI. I use the oil they supply for the bearings in their best turntables, and you can order it directly from VPI.

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Turntable Maintenance - LinnDocs - Linn Products

Always use the correct type of LP12 oil for the type of bearing. Some older bearings do not use the standard black LP12 oil. If in doubt, seek advice. Refer to the relevant instructions for filling the bearing with oil as methods vary for different types of bearing.

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Tuning for Thorens TD125 [English] - TNT-Audio

25/1/2022· Step 1: Platter bearing. This has to be done because of the play in the platter bearing. The original Thorens bearing has quite big play when filled with oil, you can rock the platter, if you know what I mean. Just take some bycicle grease or Molybdenum grease and the platter will stand in the bearing rock solid.

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How do you lubrie a turntable? | Steve Hoffman Music Forums

16/11/2015· Be sure the area is clean of dust and grit, otherwise that sf gets "washed in" the bearing and it will be worse off. Run the turntable for several minutes, blob up any excess oil with a Q tip. Clean the pulley and platter with Isopropyl or Naptha, re-install the belt. Most of all, check the belt if belt drive.

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Silicone Damping Fluid For Tonearm Cueing Mechanisms, Damping Troughs and Monopivots - Turntable …

Monopivot Damping Wells: Instead of using separate sets of vertical and horizontal bearings, monopivot arms have a single pivot point atop the base for the arm to rest and pivot upon. Monopivot Damping Wells are usually accessed from the top of the pivot

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Liquid Bearings 100%-synthetic oil for Thorens and all turntables, PLEASE READ! 608819307732 | eBay

Liquid Bearings is the 100%-synthetic lubricant that consistently outperforms all others. Petro-oil is made up of a mixture of long and short chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms, and under certain conditions the short-chain molecules evaporate, and the unstable

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Cleaning and oiling the sub-platter bearing - …

Clean the well from the old oil or deposits with a cotton swab; clean the shaft with a soft cloth and oil both shaft and well. Sewing machine, gun lubriing, as well as car motor oil, are all suited for the task. A 10 mm bearing shaft in good conditions …

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Thorens TD 160 Motor is the heart of the most enduring vinyl …

The Thorens TD 160 Motor is most definitely worth repairing. In its day it was the apex of vinyl turntable engineering and its durability is a testament to self-lubriing motors. They were hand asseled and pressed together so they can be rebuilt.

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Thorens TD 320 (318) Restoration, Repair and Upgrade | Berlin Vintage Turntables

We repair, restore and upgrade Thorens TD 320 turntables. We focused on the retro top-quality record players such as Thorens, Garrard, Lenco and etc. Check of the platter bearing and motor (including bearings) Main platter bearing restoration (cleaning, lubriing)