From: Tony.Miklos@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/9/2010 6:38 PM, Mha8649 wrote:   
   > Alright, I have recently purchased a rockola 440 and everything seems to   
   > work on it except for the arm that selects the records. The arm on the   
   > right of the turntable turns and does it's thing the tt turns and if I   
   > twist the little knob on the underside of the gear it will move the arm   
   > over and lay the record on the tt and I can play a record but when it   
   > ends the arm picks the record up and tries to put it back but the motor   
   > starts skipping on the gears when it gets to the point to put the record   
   > back in the wire rack. That is the only thing I have to repair to have   
   > this running like new. If anyone knows what might be the problem PLEASE   
   > let me know. Thank you. Mike   
   >   
   >   
      
   Please clarify how it picks up a record.   
      
   Does the magazine (with all the records) rotate and stop at the selected   
   record?   
      
   If it stops at the selected record do you have to turn the motor by hand   
   picking up the record and laying it on the TT all by hand?... Or or does   
   the motor run at all in that cycle?  If it runs, do the gears slip?   
      
   When trying to put the record back and it skips on the gears, can you   
   see the gears that are slipping or is it inside the motor?  If you can   
   see the gears slipping the motor probably needs a little adjustment so   
   it meshes with the gripper gear better.  Still that is only part of the   
   problem.   
      
   Tony Miklos   
   East Tennessee   
      
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