Hello,

I am new on this forum: I recently bought on eBay two out-of-order Beogram 4002. For the little story, the first one had a short-circuited solenoid and I found that the previous owner strapped the fuses until complete destruction of rectifier diodes and transformer occurs… The second one had the tone arm lever mechanism jammed due to corrosion.

After some efforts, I rebuilt a fully working 4002 but I am now facing the following mechanical issue:

The table spindle shows an unacceptable play in his bearing (about 5 mm measured on the edge of the plate). I see no way to adjust it. I wonder whether it is due to wear of the copper bearing but I don’t see any copper dust around it. Both tables show exactly the same defect. Did somebody face this problem already? Should I replace the bearing (if available)?

Thanks in advance for your advices.

Hi Laurent and welcome to Beoworld.
The service menu for the BG 4002 is on site, but you need to be a silver or gold member to download it.

Andy T.

Most Beograms of this type will have a bit of wobble if provocated. Obviously it shouldn't wobble during play.

Clean off the old grease and add fresh, it will probably improve matters a bit. Unless damaged in transport or similar, the bearings hardly ever show any wear.

Martin

Thanks for your answers.

I  own the service manual but it's very light on this subject : just apply oil on the shaft point and throughout lenght of shaft. By the way I can see neither oil nor grease in my bearings. Could it be the problem ?

 Laurent.

Could be.

A fresh amount of silicone grease will do good.

Martin