Servicing a belt-drive turntable

摘要

I recently repaired a Philips GA212 belt-drive turntable and I thought the process might be of interest.I originally bought it in about 1975 and had not used it for 10 years.I decided to digitise some of my LPs and built a small preamp for the magnetic pickup.However,when I switched on the turntable,it did not rotate.I removed the platter and found that the capstan whirred but the platter did not turn.The drive belt seemed to have had melted into black goo on the base plate of the turntable.