I upgraded my TT ball bearings, not with ceramics, but with Mobile 1: Amazing lack of rotating resistance. You ceramic ball users should try it.
Balls.....
Who here has upgraded their turntable platter bearing with a ceramic ball? What were your impressions of the upgrade? Worth it, not worth it? I have a VPI non-inverted unit. It appears there is a gentleman in New Jersey that performs the upgrade.
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Have not tried the Bering mod yet . However I run ceramic bearings on my bicycle, especially enjoy the crank bearings. I run Full Synthetic Motul in my stage III Buell with NicaSill cylinders, partial synthetic Motul in my Roadking . Many of the V-8 powered race cars that display oil sponsors run Red Line 5wt. Also exotic metal coatings and Cerakote on my semi and full auto firearms is a huge plus. There has been for years a huge following of molly coated bullets for bench rest shooting . Sorry the be off topic but there’s a huge crossover as mentioned above . But since I can’t leave stuff alone , I’m going to dismantle my TT . Woops I just slipped off my chair , bye bye. 👋 |
PJ1 and Bel Ray
motorcycle fork oil in SAE 5 weight are excellent choices as they are
extremely low viscosity and work well with tight clearances. PJ1 also offers SAE 2.5 weight which will provide less friction and less stress on the motor. Some turntables use the friction as an eddy brake for speed control so test them both out to see which works best for your application. A pint of fork oil is fairly inexpensive ($10.29 at Amazon).. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pj1+oil&hvadid=78065392571171&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&am... |
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