Hi,
I don't have a specific question, although any tips along the way would be most welcome!
I'm new to the site, I found it through google after my wife for Christmas bought me a Beogram 1200 as a project (she knew it wasn't working and she also knows I like to fix things!).
I work in advertising but have a background in telecommunications engineering and have always been tinkering with home appliances. I have a record player back home in Australia but haven't found a way / been bothered to ship it over here to the UK. I live quite centrally in London therefore don't really have a great setup for working on this type of thing - it's mostly a coffee table and plastic cups for holding screws!
I'm back today from holidays and have spent a couple of hours today already working on the 1200. Here's a record of what I've done in case this helps someone in the future or in case anyone has experienced anything similar and wants to guide me on the right path! I apologise in advance if I don't know the correct names for things. I'll try to match parts up with a manual I've downloaded here (created a new free account .. seems ok, haven't been spammed yet!).
First thing I tried was plug the thing into the mains and see what was happening. The user who sold it reported that nothing happened but he could feel something warming up on the underside of the deck. Sure enough, he was right - nothing happens. I didn't check the warming thing as I don't want to damage anything further than it may have been damaged already.
Next step, I've taken the bottom cover off. I can see that the drive belt isn't sitting in its guide track properly. It's also stuck on the between the drive wheel and idler wheel. Popped the base back on, approached from the top to free the belt. Back into the base again and drive belt is now sitting correctly. Back into the mains - no luck.
Ok, to check the electrical basics. Yes, I have power coming in to the unit. Yes, there's continuity on the connection block, into the voltage switch and out the other side. Hmm.
Right ... I guess I'm going to see about getting into the motor itself (still hoping it's a loose electrical connection or something simple!). Removed the motor cover from the bottom (3 nuts and had to bend out two metal prongs to release the cover). Nothing obvious here. Cover back on. Free the motor chassis by removing the suspension assemblies to look at the top. Nothing obvious here either. Poke around, drive roller off and back on again. Nope, nothing obvious here unfortunately. Before putting the motor cover back on again, plugged into mains. Aha! Some wobbly movement!
A small break. Whilst on break, read this article - could be relevant? This one is about the same model but I haven't got to checking the arm yet!
Deep into the motor now. Drive roller off, motor chassis still off. Bottom bearing of motor prised off with some effort. Rotor removed from stator, again with a fair bit of effort. All parts cleaned with a cloth sprayed with WD40. Everything back together again. Much more free movement of the motor now! Still rotating much slower than I'd expect - about 1 rev per second? Everything back together, into the mains and ... platter spinning but really really slowly. Move speed selector to "0" and scratch my head for a moment. Sounds like the motor is starting to spin quicker? Pop selector back to "33" but still only slow spinning of the platter .. and now it's stopped.
Right! That's all I have time for today, will have another look tomorrow.
I have some photos but can't work out how to upload these for use here .. will also check that out for tomorrow.
