Originally Posted by
Barry
Good post Tom,
I have three TD124/IIs and find that the maintenace is actually quite low. If you use good quality belts there is very little rubber shedding. I give my decks a 'service' every six months or so and apart from cleaning up a small amount of dust from under the platter, the only maintenance is to re-grease the idler wheel bearing and lubricate the belt pully bearing and the main bearing using Thorens oil supplied by Schopper.
After ten years or so, I replace the rubber chassis suspension 'mushrooms', which have often become hard or have started to collapse.