Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?


I have just acquired a 32 year old JVC/Victor TT-101 DD turntable after having its lesser brother, the TT-81 for the last year.
TT-101
This is one of the great DD designs made at a time when the giant Japanese electronics companies like Technics, Denon, JVC/Victor and Pioneer could pour millions of dollars into 'flagship' models to 'enhance' their lower range models which often sold in the millions.
Because of their complexity however.......if they malfunction.....parts are 'unobtanium'....and they often cannot be repaired.
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In addition to the DP80, the SP10MK2 and 3 don't have any height adjustment via the bearing either.


Good Listening


Peter 
Dear Peter,
Forgot about the rotor, which would be a fixed to the bearing/spindle assembly.  Thanks.  My Kewood L07D is built like that as well, perhaps this is common to all coreless motors that more or less copies of the original Dual coreless motor.  

JP is satisfied that my unit is ready to be returned to me, on Monday.

Golly; I was really typing fast.  Should be "affixed", not "a fixed".  Should also be "Kenwood", not Kewood.
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pbnaudio,

Sorry for the delay in responding - I check this thread less often than I used to.  Yes, adjusting the bearing cap does change the height and your instructions are probably right.  I diddled with that for quite a while but then I changed the washers that the motor unit is mounted to the frame through. Here is a response I posted on the the nude turntable thread three years or so ago where I discuss that change.  It made adjusting the motor height much easier if nothing else.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/nude-turntable-project/post?postid=388553#388553