It is a pain...
I don't know of any other way other than what the manual says...grab the platter, strech the belt with one or both your index fingers, drop slowly (very slowly) the platter into the spindle hole, and pray.
Pray for not getting your fingers grabbed between the platter and the base (making you curse as you didn't know you could), for the belt to get around the engine spindle, for the belt staying around the engine spindle, and for the belt staying around the inner platter... After about 4-5 trials (yes, I'm that dumb)I finally succeeded, only to find out that I had to dismantle it again to readjust vta..dropping precious oil everywhere...Good luck!
brgds, marcelo
I don't know of any other way other than what the manual says...grab the platter, strech the belt with one or both your index fingers, drop slowly (very slowly) the platter into the spindle hole, and pray.
Pray for not getting your fingers grabbed between the platter and the base (making you curse as you didn't know you could), for the belt to get around the engine spindle, for the belt staying around the engine spindle, and for the belt staying around the inner platter... After about 4-5 trials (yes, I'm that dumb)I finally succeeded, only to find out that I had to dismantle it again to readjust vta..dropping precious oil everywhere...Good luck!
brgds, marcelo