Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

Lohanimal,

does the platter spin if you turn it by hand ?  if not then possibly it may only need a upwards or downwards adjustment on the screw at the bottom of the bearing, this is fairly easy to do.

Sorry for your bad luck

Good Listening

Peter

It turns but does not spin

Peter is on to something.  Look under the bottom of the bearing well. There you will see a large slot-head screw.  The screw has the bearing thrust plate built into it and adjusts the spindle up and down, but if the screw is in too far (clockwise motion), the rotor will rub on the stator. (Because the spindle is also part of the rotor of the motor which moves with it.) Likewise, if the screw is out too far (counter-clockwise), the platter begins to rub on the escutcheon.  There is a very small sweet spot where the platter will turn freely.  If you're lucky, maladjustment of that screw is hanging up the platter so it cannot rotate freely.  What I did finally with my TT101 is to take a Greenlee hole punch and punch out a small hole in the center of the bottom of the shield that forms the outer shell of the chassis.  So now I can just take a short-handled screw driver and adjust that screw if needed, without disassembly.  Of course, once I created the access hole, I have never again needed to adjust the screw.

I will try that and remit to you

If that is the problem and a new recap - superb. TBH I had to recap a vendetta scp2a and my tech said that electrolytic caps can pop with changes in air pressure - that was sent by air.