Hi, all,

I finally became a Beogram owner over Christmas (5500 and 4002) 😁 I have done come cleaning and alignment, etc. and the 4002 is running quite nicely (but see below). Eventually I will have the 4002 fully restored but right now, I am looking for a temporary quick fix, if possible.

I am seeing a strange behaviour with my 4002 (Build 5513).  33 rpm plays fine but 45 rpm fluctuates and would not hold steady.  I have seen other posts with similar issues and tried to fix mine based on what I've read in this forum.  I cleaned the motor and switched out pot R14 but that din't help. Interestingly, what did work is if I manually change the play speed to 33 and then switch it back to 45, after the tone arm/platter mechanism has been activated. More specifically, I am doing the following ritual to get normal 45 rpm to play:  press PLAY, tone arm travels across the platter-->the 45 RPM indicator lights up-->speed change-->arm drops-->cue up-->press 33 RPM-->press 45 RPM-->cue down. The 7" will now play with steady speed. I can do the same with 12" single so the disc size doesn't matter. It almost acts like the speed change circuit needs to be manually locked in.  

I have not seen this scenario described before in the forum (maybe others haven't tried the 33 to 45 switch trick?). Any Beogram experts can offer a solution or an explanation? 

Thanks in advance,

Ken