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In the Thread: Micro RX 5000

Post Subject: The Micro Seiki autopsyPosted by Romy the Cat on: 11/13/2008

Sorry, I do not follow you. If I remember correctly the regular, non-air-bearing Micro 5000 has a few inches long cylinder that is sitting in a shaft that serves as a horizontal bearing. For virtual bearing they use a small metal ball under the bottom that pressed by the bearing cover (with very badly made pressure plate that always is warn in old TT and need to be replaced). You stick the cylinder from under the bottom, press the bottom plate and then hang the platter on the other side. It is very simple. I do not know what “split the platter” would mean. If you removed it from the cylinder then what would mean the “earth the bearing”? Just unscrew 4 screws from the bottom and the cylinder and bearing will fall out. If you unscrew the screws but the bearing does not go then hit recursively the tip of the cylinder and the bottom plate with light hummer and they will go off. There is nothing that holds it the cylinder in there. Do not be overly zealous with hammering. In this TT you will not damage it but if your TT was not oiled for 30 years that you do not what to scratch the external sides of the cylinder and internal sides of the shaft.

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