A friend's father in law has an old Beocenter 2422.
He paid someone a stack of money years ago to "fix" it, but the guy sounds a bit dodgy. It went unused for a number of years, then when he went to use it, it didn't work. He took it back to the guy, and the guy wanted more again to "fix" it it again. He gave it to me to look at and told me that it was completely dead. The lamps had gone, so I replaced those and then I cleaned the stylus. Then it worked perfectly. There was basically a big cake of crud on it, and the stylus was fine underneath.
Now it was lighting up and sounding as good as these do. He was delighted.
A week later he phoned me aghast saying that it had stopped working and if I could look at it again. I was a bit worried because he'd given me £50 for "fixing" it and I thought maybe he was unhappy with the little work I'd done. Turns out he tripped over the power cable walking behind it and it fell onto the floor. I took it home again. There is now no stylus on the cartridge, but also the turntable didn't turn. I explained the situation with styli on these and that there is definitely a cheaper way to a better sound with less hassle down the line. But he is attached to this machine for sentimental reasons so wants to spend the money on a reconditioned stylus. I suggested we fix the mechanical issues before spaffing the money away. The platter was dislocated, so I relocated it, put the belt back on. Now it works... ish. There's a weird rubbing sound, as seen in the video below. There's a long lever that goes underneath the platter and is fouled by the platter once per turn. For the life of me, I can't see anything else out of place. I'm wondering if the platter isn't spinning true anymore. I've posted a video of the issue below.
Bit of a long shot, but anyone any ideas? Or anyone know of any good Beo focused forums?
I realise that it probably isn't financially sensible to spend a lot getting this going, but I'd like it of I could sort it for him for next to nothing and give it to him to enjoy now that the evenings are drawing in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W0Oe5OpZbc