THIS IS A BEARING. It seems a  LENCO one, very heavy built.

the 5005 bearing and spindle are not plastic, but the bearing seems just "pressed" in place ( with a hit of a hammer:-).

I noticed that if I turn the bearing a little, it doesn't move, but just for a while. After a while it moves againg. I could try to turn the bearing a quarter of turn and see if it stays still....

Loris

Looks brass but the sub chassis is plastic - not what a subchassis should be. The 4000 is very heavy and the platter is also much heavier. I suppose you could glue it but it is most disappointing quality. This is the later 4002 which is not quite so heavy.

.... but at least this bearing seems a "real" bearing....

I would suggest that your 5005 has been abused at some time in it's life. Perhaps it once belonged to Peter's friend from Newcastle!

Cosmetically challenged decks from this series are cheap enough and it does not take a rocket scientist to make one good one out of two faulty ones. The sub chassis is common to all versions from the Beogram 3000 up to BG7000.

Agree. The 8000 and 8002 were the last really good decks - the 6002 is a suprisingly good cheap package but after that it was all downhill.

Of course if you want the best Beogram, you need one of these! See

...seems a Thorens with a B&O arm....

🙂 Completely correct - it is a link which was made as a partner for the

5005 spindle.

well I turnad 8/10 degrees the bearing spindle with a plier and now it's perfect. It doesn't move no more.

a little bit of oil on the spindle and... voila'....I'm proud of myself 😁

Loris

Hi Peter, where on earth does one find one of those?? How many have you actually seen in the flesh in a manner of speaking? I've never seen one yet but I bet it's very nice indeed! I bet it was a table that was more widely distributed throughout Europe. 

Cheers,

Duncan

I have one! If you really want one, you need to see Frede! As well as restoring B&O, he is also an official Thorens restorer. They do come up on eBay at times but will almost always need full restoration. Whether it is sensible is another question. Probably easier to just get a Thorens TD124 and whichever arm and cartridge you want. Much easier to find! 🙂