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Originally Posted by Captainclock
How is it that you think that this particular BSR Changer Mechanism pictured below is easy to service? I don't know what planet you came from but whenever I see a record player or changer mechanism with lots of small easily lost C-clips or lots springs that need to be removed in order to properly service the changer or record player then I consider that a harder unit to service that isn't something that a beginner could easily service.
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90% of the problems occur under the platter -
one C clip to remove. The idler, and most of the cam gear can be serviced [cleaned with Naptha, (although we used Trichlorotrifluorethane), regreased with Phonolube from GC] from there. The other 10% are in the tonearm and lower/underside.
Those of us that serviced them invested in the GC phono/chassis stand, NLA, but very useful. A BSR cheater is required too - they too are NLA, 'cept on eBay. Idlers and Phonolube are still available. Rubber-Renu from Rawn was the stuff we used to revitalize the rubber on the idler.
We used two actual LPs for checking tracking, loading and lift. One was Johnny Cash, Live at San Quentin - both sides run-off grooves were different, so it was a good long/short test. The other was some Simon and Garfunkel LP with a larger hole in the center, used to test the drop, with it stacked with another.
The above, and a good stock of Astatic 142's, needles and Tetrad cartridges was about all we needed - we had about 50 junk changers, from an old Morse/Electrophonic service center we bought out - for the parts...mostly new changers and dust covers.