Michell motor is noisy:what to do?

Well it took me a couple of days to post this as I had a string of audio events that kind of bummed me out. But the bottom line is Artech tells me my motor is well within acceptable standards for noise "in fact it's quieter than my personal table" according to my contact. Yeah whatever, maybe I expect too much.

Wes

Wes, that's just nonsense from the distributor. My Michell Tecnodec is very quiet. I am sitting only 3 feet away and not a sound. Admittedly, my 30 year old Thorens TD150 is even more quiet, no motor sound whatsoever.

Do you have a dealer close by where you could check other tables for noise?

Rene

Hi Rene,

What happened to Overhang? Yes I agree, I think the motor should be much quieter if not nearly silent. I feel as if I'm kind of stuck at the moment though. And to think this all started almost two years ago when the motor in my then table died. I had a new motor put in and it was never as quiet as the original which led me to the Gyro. I was looking at the Tecno and decided to splurge on the Gyro. My dealer is ok but my main guy left (to join the clergy no less) and he was the one who backed me that the motor should be silent. I actually just received my motor back today so hopefully I'll get a chance to listen this weekend.

On a side note no sooner had I sent my gyro motor back when my beloved Sonographe cd player decided to become very selective of what discs it wants to play (1 out of 5, maybe). I really like what I read about your AA Primo by the way.

Wes

I wonder if the quality control has gone down at Michell. My Gyro motor was perfectly quite, but couple years later after I had "downsized" and bought a new Techo, I had problems w/ the motor as well. I had the same problem as Restock and was able to fix myself w/ some advice from here and the dealer. Good luck,

TLH

Hi,
Just got, believe me or not, Michel answer. Going' to follow this manual and then return back.
Copypaste from my mailbox:

Good Morning Mikhail,

Thanks for your e.mail.

To start, you can place a small amount of oil onto the motor spindle but it needs to be applied from the bottom of the motor. Remove the cap screw from the motor top plate, lift the motor, you will need to push the motor lead back into the motor tube to create some slack and then apply a few drops of light oil to the underside of the motor.  

Regards

Steve Rowland.


J.A.Michell Engineering
2 Theobald Street,
Borehamwood,
Hertfordshire,
WD6 4SE