Here's the latest. I was on the phone yesterday with a retired dealer and serviceman for Magnavox/Zenith and other makes of phonographs and we discussed the idler wheel that's needed for my Zenith MN2670. We talked for quite some time and he said that If I put a 1499-43 idler wheel on a Zenith phono...

I found the problem. Somewhere along the way, some aftermarket company, or maybe it's the people selling idler wheels on eBay, that Zenith model MN2670 takes an idler wheel number 1499-43 which is 2.5 inches in diameter. Well, that's wrong. Zenith's service manual says that the idler wheel that fits...

I have a magnificent Zenith model MN2670, Turntable model 169-250 Idler wheel part number 61-254 Aftermarket part number for idler wheel 1499-43. The phonograph has always had trouble with the idler wheel connecting the motor to the drum, but it would work if I pressed the wheel to the drum by hand ...