Zenith Y910 Stereo Console Repair Part 2 - Evaluating the Turntable

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MillerVintageHifi

Күн бұрын

Checking out the Zenith Microtouch 2G turntable on the Zenith Y910 console stereo.

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@user-dm3nz8pd4n 8 ай бұрын

Your video is informative. I had exactly the same problem and instead of free sanding the grooved wheel I took it off and put the armature in my cordless drill and spun it while lightly touching the rubber with sand paper. Made it perfectly round and smooth. Did the trick

@millervintagehifi3034 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that tip!

@ducknoodlesoup4332 3 ай бұрын

Great video ❤

@millervintagehifi3034 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ItsaRomethingeveryday Жыл бұрын

I have a vid on my channel where I rebuilt the motor on on like this,Liked your vid, Decided to subscribe also

@millervintagehifi3034 Жыл бұрын

I finally sent in the old idler to V-M Audio Enthusiasts...hopefully I get the rebuilt one in the next two weeks or so.

@jadewitt5606 2 ай бұрын

Hi, I have a zenith I have had since I was 15 it means a lot to me. Very sentimental. The radio works, but the turn table stopped working. I have had some local guys look at it but they cannot fix. Wondering if you can help?

@millervintagehifi3034 2 ай бұрын

Bummer, but I would not be of much help...service data on these is nearly non-existent.

@robpohlman2492 Жыл бұрын

Where in the world can I find a needle at for mine that isn’t so expensive.

@millervintagehifi3034 Жыл бұрын

Not sure...I use LPgear, Amazon, or eBay most of the time.

@stereobrowser 9 ай бұрын

My guess the reason why that idler wheel had that little gap or cut on the dried-up rubber was due to a kid back in the day was fooling around forcing the platter not to spin while the parents were playing a record and so while the platter was force-stopped by the kid, the motor shaft axle while spinning tore a spot or area of the rubber of the idler wheel causing that annoying 'thump, thump, thump, thump' sound!!!!

@millervintagehifi3034 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@diegobarajas4603 5 ай бұрын

Please help me, I’m wondering if I can just replace the whole turntable part with a new one and just connect the rca cables to the console and plug it into an outlet

@millervintagehifi3034 5 ай бұрын

Yes…you may need a phono preamp though.

@AlanAceCooper 5 ай бұрын

Sooo… How did you get the turn plate back on? I’m having the same issue 😢

@millervintagehifi3034 5 ай бұрын

IIRC you need to slide the mechanism that the records sit on (for multiple records). I have not had one of these in front of me for a while...

@stiksandstones 8 ай бұрын

Can you just throw in a modern turntable? I have this same unit, dead turntable, but it has a plastic power connector and the two RCA's and im unsure if modern record players can drop right into the zenith console box?

@millervintagehifi3034 8 ай бұрын

I have retro-fitted turntables into other consoles before with minor modification. The tricky part is usually the RCA connection to the receiver - some require the use of an adapter that you may not be able to find (I built an adapter for the Nivico I worked on).

@diegobarajas4603 5 ай бұрын

Did it work?

@MamaGreenEyes29 Жыл бұрын

How did you get the platter back on? I tuned into this video for that exact issue - and you cut it out. Please share?

@millervintagehifi3034 Жыл бұрын

The middle part at the top of the stacker spindle has to be pulled up for the platter to slide down over it. It’s a PITA to get.

@MamaGreenEyes29 Жыл бұрын

@@millervintagehifi3034 eureka! I ended up holding the pin up with a twist tie, threading that through the platter to get it on.

@caseyrials3778 Жыл бұрын

@@MamaGreenEyes29 Thank you for this tip, was having the exact same issue and I thred a small rubber band through the middle part of the stacker spindle and that fixed the issue. Now to figure out why/how to fix the record playing too fast (high pitched).

@user-dm3nz8pd4n 8 ай бұрын

On the bottom of the rod under the turntable is a black piece of metal...wiggle it and the plate drops right down