Thanks John,

I cleaned the outside of the mechanism but have no idea as to what it
looks like inside. I'll take a look at that as well but I would think
that if the motor is easy to turn using the armature knob it wouldn't
be gummed up.


Robert

The gripper assembly may be gummed up too. This will cause the motor to
draw more current than normal.

Turning the gripper motor shaft with your fingers should operate the
gripper bow through the entire cycle - picking up and replacing records
- without feeling like it is jamming up.

The gripper arm should feel slightly loose when resting, and the record
pin should feel snappy when it is picking up the record (at rest is is
solid). The gripper arm should drop when released not go slowly down
(indicating gummed up oil/grease).

Info on taking the assembly apart is he

http://flippers.com/Rockola-tips.html

John :-#)#

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