VPI SDS exact speed in .... 40 minutes?

It should be at the correct speed in a few seconds. Do you have the right amount of bearing grease in the flywheel bearing well ? as well as in the platter bearing ? Too much grease can cause them to run slow, all you need is a very small dap at the very end of each shaft, right on the ball bearing, prior to slipping the platter and the flywheel on.

Good Listening

Peter

Theres an worthwhile app to check rpm of turntables...irpm...and it works

Thanks for the responses. I use oil in the flywheel and the platter bearing, not grease. Do you consider that using grease will help?. By the way, my platter is the one that is half black acrylic and half aluminum.

I would think that oil would run out of the bearings due to gravity leaving the thrust plate high and dry, i have only ever used white lithium grease in my many many VPI based tables and have never had any trouble.

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Best of luck

Peter