Questions to J.A. Michell turntable owners...


How often do you change the oil in your record platter bearing?

What is your preferred cleaning process to the bearing assembly 
prior to adding new oil?

Have you tried pure synthetic motor oil (Mobil One or other) in lieu of the 
factory oil?

If you have tried pure synthetic, what weight (5w20 - 0w20 - etc.) did you
decide upon and why?

Thank You for your honest reply!

quincy
@has2be I did not understand all of what you wrote, but there are no problems; Quincy has learned what to do for his turntable.
OK.  Thanks very much for the answer to my question.

Synthetic motor oil is OK to use.
Change oil every 2 years or so.
Clean platter grooves where belt rides every 2 years or so.

(good tips - I dampened a few cotton balls with distilled water and then gently pressed them into the platter belt grooves while rotating the platter manually via the center spindel hold down nut....btw - the grooves were dirty, more so than I expected.)