Turntable Maintainance

How often do you clean or replace the drive belt.

goldeneraguy11-23-2010 11:46pm

hifimaniac Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 508 posts 11-24-2010 at 10:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Wouldn't alcohol dry out and eventually crack a belt and boiling it stretch it out and weaken it? I am surprised VPI recommended that; as a former TNT own we I don't remember that one! Talc I do remember and used it often.
dopogue Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,773 posts 11-25-2010 at 01:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Nope. They weren't rubber, so no worries with the alcohol. And the boiling process actually seemed to shrink the belts. In any event, they lasted close to forever. I replaced mine once in approx. 12 years and the new ones were no more stretched or damaged than the original ones.
hifimaniac Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 508 posts 11-25-2010 at 03:53am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for the belt tips; boiling and alcohol; never tried them!