I have just fixed a couple of motors from 5005 and 5000, The problem is a plastic collar that is glued to the magnet breaks and rubs as the motor spins. taking apart ther motor is relatively easy for someone with experience and not recommended for the novice. I simply applkied some glue to the flapping plastic collar and everything is lovely and silent now.

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Barrie

Thanks, sounds like a good fix in the cases where the plastic collar breaks.
Not a problem I have ever seen, though.
The faulty ones, I have dealt with all had the commutator deformed by over current
after brush fails and I found no solution to this other than locating a replacement motor.
It's usually diagnosed by a frozen motor, alternatively a motor that will rotate unevenly by hand
and often only in one direction, blocking the other way.

Martin

My Beogram 7000 has exactly the same problem. What I can't figure out is how to take the motor apart...

I have an RX-2 that has begun to develop a whine in the motor as it is playing.  With the volume on my amp turned down it is audible from about 1 meter away, although I can't say that it is audible through the amp at normal listening volumes.  Are replacement motors available?  Is it worth the effort to replace the motor?