Cool, any advice on the bearings? Am I on the right track with that?

I'm not sure if I understand all you've said. But here's my two penn'oth. I've a couple of Rock-Olas, but they only play 45s, (one plays small hole records, the other large hole ones) Neither has the facility for 33 1/3rd, nor do they have a working "intermix" mechanism. So I'm a bit in t...

Yes, unfortunately the bearings are not listed as separate items in the parts catalog. I don't have a 452 model, but I'm sure that all the Rock-Ola models with this type of turntable will use the same bearings. That said, I don't have a calliper tool to measure the bearing accurately. Hopefully som...

Okay, no tampering by a previous owner - that's good. What doesn't make sense is that the red and silver pins need pressure to drop when you have the turntable off, but they drop without pressure when the turntable is in place. There is nothing under the turntable to "pull" those pins dow...

At first I thought this topic was about a 425. Then, after seeing the video realised it's a 452 - can a moderator correct this to save confusion in future searches? When you lift the turntable off do the red pin just drop through? They should be held-up with a spring and should require a little pre...

Hi Chris, It appears that there is no lubrication anywhere under that TT--That "slide" should be mechanically held by some sort of a detent pawl---don't have one here to look at, and really do not recall how it works, but usually see some graphite grease "smeared" around the sli...

@Ron Rich and @Rockola4Ever, thank you for your replies. I've posted a video where I play an empty slot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QX-YU972BI The pegs pop down no matter what at this point, so I'm not sure what changed, so I made a video with the platter off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLV...

Hello, First post here. I've been using my Rock-ola 452 successfully for several years, but I've built up enough modern band 7" 45 RPM records that I'd like to be able to run both. I read through this thread talking about the platter mechanism: http://www.phonoland.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4...