[frschoonover]

To The Group

Does anyone in this forum know someone who can fix BSR record
changers?

I have a Realistic Clarinette Stereo with a BSR record changer and the
spindle is loose. I have tried everything to tighten it down but
failed.

If anyone knows someone who does this, please let me know. Thanks in
advance. Sincerely Frank R.Schoonover

[Sonnova]

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 08:25:17 -0800, frschoonover wrote
(in article ):

To The Group

Does anyone in this forum know someone who can fix BSR record
changers?

I have a Realistic Clarinette Stereo with a BSR record changer and the
spindle is loose. I have tried everything to tighten it down but
failed.

If anyone knows someone who does this, please let me know. Thanks in
advance. Sincerely Frank R.Schoonover


I don't think ANYONE can fix a BSR changer. I had one as a kid. I believe
that I paid something like $12 for it NEW from Radio Shack (then a mail-order
only outlet located in the Boston Mass area). IIRC, the spindle support was a
tall, steel collar in the center of the platter "depression" in the chassis
plate and was peened into place. That is to say that the stepped-down end of
that support passed through the heavy gauge steel chassis where the end was
flattened by some kind of press (sort of like a big, hollow rivet). It is
likely that this has come loose (if I'm reading you correctly). This makes
the platter wobble as it rotates, especially when the changer mechanism
engages - am I right?

Mine did this and as I recall, I was able to fix it by taking almost
everything off of the chassis (the turntable itself was held on by a "C" clip
if memory serves.). Then, turning the chassis upside-down, with the spindle
tower resting on the closed jaws of a bench vice, I placed a block of steel
over the peened spindle support and whacked it a number of times with a
hammer. This re-tightened the mechanical connection between the spindle
support and the chassis plate. HOWEVER, be advised that I seem to recall that
in my case anyway, the repair was temporary. In a few week or months (I don't
recall exactly how long) it loosened again. The next time it happened, I
replaced it with only a slightly less awful British record changer, a Garrard
AT-6.