by Record-changer »
Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:40 am
It probably has an idler wheel, rather than a belt. I never saw a Zenith with a belt.
Taking the turntable off usually reveals the drive parts.
If this is the variable speed 10 rpm to 100 rpm unit, those discs are the drive, and one of them is supposed to press against the underside of the turntable.
Other Zenith units have the drive above the plinth (chassis), so you can't see it from the bottom. You may be seeing parts of the motor. Usually the reason the turntable won't turn is that the rubber on the idler wheel is hard or missing.
Another possibility is that the record changer was turned off in the middle of a change cycle. Some turntable drives are unable to restart the turntable if it is stopped in this way.