Beogram 5000 Tonearm doing its own thing

in BeoGram · Feb 14, 2021 14:49 GMT

The lift plate has two nubs that ride in two plastic saddles that are very fragile. When one of the saddles breaks off the lift plate drops and rests on that spring. I don’t know a good fix, searching for it right now.

5005, 5500 series linear tracking tonearm locking mid-track

in BeoGram · Feb 16, 2018 14:47 GMT

Great information- thank you Martin!

5005, 5500 series linear tracking tonearm locking mid-track

in BeoGram · Feb 16, 2018 03:22 GMT

Thanks for the response! I did get replacement belts from Martin to replace that one. That round belt had plenty of traction though. A problem I have with another one of these is that the clutch itself doesn't have enoug…

5005, 5500 series linear tracking tonearm locking mid-track

in BeoGram · Feb 1, 2018 17:54 GMT

Apparently a somewhat common problem afflicting the later linear-tracking models is that the tonearm assembly sticks mid-travel and can either cause slow retraction or lock the mechanism all together. Big thanks to Marti…

Cleaning a Beogram 5500 Record Platter

in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Jan 31, 2018 20:31 GMT

I had a platter like that and tried a bunch of cleaners on it. Believe it or not, brasso turned out to be the best at restoring it. It did not take off the black material and cleaned the oxidation off. I wouldn't do it t…

tx2 tone arm and platter stuck

in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Jan 23, 2018 07:11 GMT

Thank you! Yes I would like to buy the belts from you- please let me know next steps. Would like two sets. Where can I read about the arm issue so I can fix? Really appreciate the help

tx2 tone arm and platter stuck

in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Jan 22, 2018 16:52 GMT

Mine did the same. You can remove the circlip and get the arm pulley moving again if you lift it slightly. I'm guessing that the worm drive belt is slipping. Anyone know what size belt it takes?