Hi all,

at last I have a working beogram 5005  ( except the cartridge). I bought another one one month ago  but it arrived broken, and I sent it back ( hope to have a refund).

This 5005 works well except, as I wrote, the cartridge that is broken, but luckily a friend of  mine will go to New York and I have arranged a delivery of a smmc4.

What I noted about this 5005 is that if I look at the plate from the front, it goes slightly up and down. Is there a way to fix the problem?

As the other time, I uploaded a video on youtube: B&O 5005 plate

and this is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko1uTSqZ61c&feature=channel_page

so you can see with your eyes.

thanx for your help.

Loris

I see what you mean but does it cause any audible problem? It looks very minor. I think these later decks had very thin platters and yours appears to have a slight bend. Check the platter is sitting properly on the subplatter though and that the black plastic card is seated properly.

Thanx Peter. Actually I don't know if this problem has audible effects because the stylus tip misses the pin. I hear music but there's a lot of noise. I thought it was a springs regulation problem. Anyway everything is seated properly. Even if everything works fine, should I lubricate some part of the turntable? Should I put some oil in the bearing spindle?

Thanx

Loris

Hi Loris,

the sub-platter has three points where the upper platter sits on. You can place some felt or cardboard on one of these, which is the lowest. I think, there will be no need for lubricating. 

Thanx ProGram :-)

I have to check if the platter is slightly bent and I also checked the 5005 instructions: some oil is needed in the spindle. I guess that metal on/in metal produces some vibration. The other turntables spindles are much more sophisticatd that the 5005 one. Maybe everything works fine and there are no audible effects, but this turntable, in comparison to my Pink Tringle PTTOO sems a toy:-)

loris

well I checked and:

the bearing spindle has teflon inside, so there is metal on teflon

it's the subplatter that goes up and down

the bearing spindle moves, I uploaded a video on youtube:

5005 bearing spindle

so maybe you can tell me how to fix it.

thanx

Tend to agree that these decks are very lightly built. You need a Beogram 4000 - that is proper engineering!

But it doesn't fit the beocenter 5500..... :-)

Actually I use a Beogram 4004 with my Beomaster 5500 all the time! I have never liked the light weight decks and I prefer the sound I get from the earlier cartridges. You have the clean the record each time so the lack of remote control is not a problem. Besides,it looks so much nicer!

What kind of grease should I use ( easily available on ebay or italian shops ) instead of the reccomended Barrierta L5512? ( I couldn't find it on the internet. I just found the L55/2) 

What about this?

http://cgi.ebay.it/Giradischi-Bang-Olufsen-B-O-Beogram-4000-introvabile_W0QQitemZ220419360518QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAltro_Audio_da_Casa?hash=item3352048706&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1385%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

the arm doesn't lower. It goes till the end of the record and then comes back.

It will be my last chance if I can't find another way to fix the spindle....