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Beolover SyncDrive: DC Platter Motor Replacement for Beogram 4002 and 4004 (Type 551x and 552x)

Late Beogram 4002 and the 4004 (Types 551x and 552x), which have DC platter motors instead of the earlier synchronous AC motors usually suff...

Sunday, June 9, 2019

Beogram 4004 DC Motor Restoration

A Beogram 4004 DC Motor arrived from Germany for restoration. This shows the motor as received:

When I tested it, it ran very noisily, a clear case for oil infusion. I took the motor apart and extracted the bearings. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of the disassembled motor....this shows the bearings submerged in oil after pulling a vacuum:
Immediately, vigorous bubbling occurred as the vacuum pulled the air trapped in the pores of the Oilite bearing material. This created room for oil to diffuse into the bearing. After about 3 days the bubbling stopped, i.e the bearing was again full of oil. I extracted the bearings from the oil and installed them in the motor. Then it was time for testing the RPM stability. I inserted the motor into one of my Beogram 4002s and ran it for 24 hrs while logging the RPM with my BeoloverRPM device:
This is the curve I measured:
this is pretty much as good as it gets with the Beogram DC motors, i.e. this motor is ready for duty again!





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