[Jukebox-list] When to disassemble Seeburg Selectomatic record changer?

[Donald Lanway]

I think it's a personal decision... I only disassemble when something is
broken, worn out, stuck.
Some of the levers and bearings are hard to get oil into... but they seem to
live forever anyway.

Have fun,

Don
Oregon Jukebox

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> I'm in the process of restoring an R and was about to remove some parts
> from the mech for cleaning.  I ran into a snag when removing the
> turntable.  To remove that I would need to remove the stripper plate.
>  From that point things seemed to cascade into a longer list of parts
> that would need to be removed.  Instead I cleaned the tuntable with it
> installed.  I was initially hoping that I could do some partial
> disassembly to examine the various moving parts and to clean and lube
> them as necessary.  Now I think that may be unnecessary.  I initially
> cleaned the record changer by spraying it down with Simple Green,
> rinsing, drying with compressed air, and then lubing.  I removed the
> pinback prior to cleaning the changer and cleaned that up separately.
> At this point the record appears to be working flawlessly.
>
> Now I wonder "If it ain't broken, don't fix it?"  I don't see it being
> worth my effort to disassemble the record changer.  When do you find it
> necessary to disassemble a selectomatic changer?
>
> Carl Haines
>
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