Sounds like a lubrication issue. put a hair dryer on the base of the gripper (trunnion) Warm it up good then make a selection see how it goes. If it hasn’t had lubrication in a long while the original grease has dried up ( sticky) Protect the records from the heat. Use PB Blaster penetrant after warming it up. Try to get some between the inner and outer gripper gears too

On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM Russell Lilley via Jukebox-list < jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com> wrote:

hi. i have a couple of ongoing problems with my conti. that seems to happen when not used for a while. selects track no worries but after carousel has turned and stopped at track number ,quite often the lever that decides which side of the record it puts down,dosent pull across enough. i dont know its name but it is directly behind the grabber arm, and has 2 coils that pull left or right . i presume its the switch that these coils are triggered from.? results in the record grabber ,slightly twisting but record falls out .any help or idea greatly appreciated _______________________________________________ Jukebox-list mailing list -- jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com To unsubscribe send an email to jukebox-list-leave@lists.netlojix.com %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s Searchable Archives: http://jukebox.markmail.org/