Well, I went for broke today. I pulled out the mech and I am in the process
of a complete teardown and rebuild. I found the problem, it was a gummed
up
piece, and I have been I automotive long enough to know, there is no such
thing as a short cut. So I am going to ger-er-done. I will let every body
know how it turns out this weekend.
"John Robertson" <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:N_b8k.54$7%6.44@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> C.G. wrote:
>> Thanks Charley
>>
>> Found them with no problem. Observed while unit was in operation and
they
>> moved fine. I re oiled with wd40 and still not change, but with good
>> movement, it's prob somewhere else. I wish there was a test I could do
to
>> narrow down if this is mechanical or electrical. I hat to send this box
>> out for repair if it's something I can fix. This is my second seeburg
of
>> 5 total boxes I have owned, and the first time I could not solve a
>> problem.
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Please do NOT use WD-40 as a lubricant! It was never designed to do
that,
> rather it was designed to prevent rust. When used as a lubricant it will
> gum up after a period of time due to the residues of the old oil/grease
> that was the original problem. It is very difficult to remove parts that
> have been gummed up that way.
>
> Far better to either use a light weight oil or simply take the item
apart
> (that is gumming up), wash in thinner/Varsol, then re-oil according to
the
> manual (one or two drops in most applications).
>
> As for the problem with the mechanism picking up/putting back, this has
> been covered many times and a quick google search of the
> alt.collecting.juke-boxes past messages should turn up the answer.
Search
> for something like "repeats record" and "Seeburg" and "Cancel" as part
of
> the search.
>
> Hmmm, need to write a FAQ...but no time!
>
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