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dumbchemist
Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 546 Location: Central New York
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jedymark
Joined: 05 Jul 2018 Posts: 1
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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One question: what is the best way to lubricate the arm track? Every so often it hangs up for a bit. Would lithium grease be appropriate?
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lynx
Joined: 30 Jun 2018 Posts: 100
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: Elmo VEC-200 player on E-bay |
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I just looked at this advertisement, and this player has seen better days. I also think the $150.00 asking price is a lot of money to pay for a broken player; at least there is a Make Offer option. Perhaps if it was serviced & refurbished, then it would be a good deal; the seller even says that they know nothing about it.
I am not familiar with the non-RCA CED players, but I read somewhere on this web site that they have a design flaw which causes the belts to fall off, and that they need to be retrofitted to use a different kind of belt in order to work more reliably. |
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cedwaechter
Joined: 10 Dec 2012 Posts: 68
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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The reason for the pully conversion is that the OEM belt had a small curve to it and they are no longer made. The easiest way is to convert the pully and get a standardized belt that works with the pulley conversion. The arm drag could be caused by a stretched belt. There are 3 belts to change on a Toshiba based player. I have both a Toshiba and Wards player that are the same as the Elmo player. I like them and have had good luck after doing some work on them. |
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