"C.G." <TheUnkNnOownAddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I have Seeburg 222 that without fail, when you select a record, it will
pick
> up and return around 15 to 20 other selections without playing them.
This
> also goes for the selection you chose. I have had both the selection
unit
> and the amp rebuilt by a reliable source that does this on a daily
basis.
> This is the same problem it had when I bought the box. I have
disconnected
> one of the wires to the trip switch on the tone arm, no difference. I
have
> also noticed it does not register on the counter wheels either. It
travels
2
> times picking up random records and stops. sometimes when it stops on
the
> second trip it will pike up a record half way before it stops scanning.
In
> the trouble shooting guide it says something about clutch 4 being to
tight
> will cause this. What is clutch 4, it make no mention of this anywhere
but
> the trouble shooting guide. Any help or guidance on this problem would
be
> appreciated.
>
>
The Seeburg mechanisms have a "safety pin" that comes out from the side to
sense if a record is part way in/out of the rack that may be sticking or
the
clutch mechanism on the vertical shaft located on the back side of the
mechanism may also be sticking. The safety pin is located on the right
side
of the record path at the back edge of the mechanism. It "feels" for a
record that is not in it's correct position and causes a repeat cycle of
the
mechanism if it thinks a record is stuck partway in/out of the rack. The
clutch is a cylinder shaped sleeve with a groove around it's side that is
moved up and down on a vertical shaft by a fork shaped lever. There are
vee
shaped grooves in the top and bottom that engage mating pins when in the
up
and down position. This clutch moves to engage either the mechanism
selection or scanning functions by engaging these pins. If it sticks and
cannot slide properly on the shaft, it can cause multiple cycles of
picking
and replacing the records similar to what you have described. Both need
cleaning and proper lubrication and they are both very hard to access,
which
is why your rebuilder may not have gotten them properly serviced. WD-40
sprayed on the affected parts may get the jukebox to work for a while,
however the only way to make it work reliably is to disassemble, clean,
and
relubricate these areas of the mechanism. I've never seen either part worn
to a point where new parts would be needed. With this information look
carefully at the pictures and diagrams in your manual and then see if you
can find them in your jukebox mechanism. Then try to apply some WD40 to
them
without flooding them with too much.
Please let us know if this works.
Charley
Charley
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