1, Any good supplier will have dial string. It's a fiddly job but very rewarding. Lots of patience and coffee. 2, I have a used part in stock. 3, I don't know what this is but held up against 4, it seems that someone tried to lubricate and used the wrong agent. Isopropanol (tapehead cleaner, carburettor alcohol or whatever you prefer to call

Currently soak testing the first finished rebuilt displays on 3 Beomaster 6000's. The problem is the same in the Beomaster 8000 and family Beocords and some Beocenters. Derek, ship the displays or even better the whole board to me and I'll take a look at it. Martin

Thanks, guys. Yes, it's way too large to fit in a Beogram CD6500. Maybe the Philips player. A Beosound 9000 sledge motor sounds more like it. Martin

I take it that you mean a CD6500. Thanks, that could be one place it fits, maybe it will fit other places. Martin

Replacing capacitors is an essential step in any restoration so that would be a good place to start. Does the tonearm stop, hovering above the lead-in groove ? Do you have a bright light from under the sensor arm, shining onto the record ? Martin

There's a tool designed for handling the clips. It will be hard to remove it and reinstall it using anything but the right tool. Something like this: http://www.blinds.com.tw/images/making_Tools%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5Cmaking_Tools/C-Clip_Tool.jpg I don't recall if there's a clip on the top pivot point originally and it was just not mounted at

Can anyone identify this motor ? It's apprx 60mm (6cm) in diameter, housing is apprx 26mm high. Spindle is apprx 5mm diameter. It's a 14VDC motor with a 2-pin connector on a cable. I believe it's used in some newer (post-1990) B&O machines but which one(s) and for what ? Martin

Welcome to Beoworld ! What you have are typical symptoms of need for lubrication. We've had this countless ttimes so I'm sure you'll be able to find more info if you do a search. Anyway, these are the points that stops most Beograms of this series for lowering correctly. Take the things apart, clean it well using isopropanol (tapehead cleaner

I think you can safely rule out any power theories. What you have with the Beomaster 5500 is a typical symptom of a bad muting relay. This is very common and not an expensive repair. Could also be the speakers, check the crossovers for bad solders. Martin

I suppose you tried guiding the tonearm to the end-of-record position ? Normally, it will then raise the arm, take it back to its parked position and stop the platter motor. Martin