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Speed control VPI HW19jr

I have a strobe on the way, what if the table is off? How would you adjust the speed on these tables short of buying an SDS? Something tells me I am not going to like the answer to this. That is the biggest difference I see so far in comparison to my previous Technics table. The VPI takes awhile to get up to spped and then there are definetly fluctuations that you will never get with a Technics. I also have a new belt coming also so perhaps that will tighten things up. I think that if I can get a stable platter speed from this table that it will outperform the Technics, that is a big if.
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If the motor is indeed "off" you would have to replace it. It might just be the capacitor has drifted. You can remove the metal motor housing underneath the plinth to get to it. I can't remember what value it is, but it's a common one. I would get a higher quality cap, if you're going to replace it anyway.

The new belt will help also. Make sure you clean very well, the pulley and the outer platter where the belt travels.

Also, I would clean out the bearing well and relube the bearing well and bearing.
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