Garrard Synchro-lab 65 middle spindle

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Hello to alls

like i say some wek ago i buy a "non working" Sl-65

i just finished to redo teh grease enterly. and in mechanical level alls work perfect now!

but asdly the machine are fited with a little middle spindle for some reason?

so first of alls i search a way for take it of. i dont even see how i can do taht....

and secondly where i can fin d a otehr one? can i use the one from the bsr i used lately?

and also what needle i can put in this machine? i want play 33/45/78 rpms and i dont mind to change needles betwen the LP and 78.


thanks for you future replys!

[AndiiT]

Hi, at a guess the Auto spindle for a number of Garrard autochangers should fit this deck, try searching eBay for terms such as "Garrard Autoslim/AT6(or 5) or 3500/2025 Spindle" A BSR spindle won't fit. I've found one here

The stylus required for the current cartridge in your deck would be a Shure M44 or M55. To play 78's your best bet would be to try and obtain a second headshell for the arm, a headhsell for the SP25 MkII will be fine, and fit something suitable for playing 78's; I'm sure other members would be able to advise on cartridge types.

headshell here

Regards

Andrew

[ben]

I found a nearly identical turntable in the street about a month ago. It too had the short spindle and I couldn't remove it. The cure was to heat it with a soldering iron and lift it out with pliers.

Garrard decks of this age always have grease which turns into glue!
I also had to free the main cam and trip pawl - again, using heat from the soldering iron - see the thread in this section for guidance if necessary.
Do not use force!!

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Originally Posted by AndiiT

Hi, at a guess the Auto spindle for a number of Garrard autochangers should fit this deck, try searching eBay for terms such as "Garrard Autoslim/AT6(or 5) or 3500/2025 Spindle" A BSR spindle won't fit. I've found one here

The stylus required for the current cartridge in your deck would be a Shure M44 or M55. To play 78's your best bet would be to try and obtain a second headshell for the arm, a headhsell for the SP25 MkII will be fine, and fit something suitable for playing 78's; I'm sure other members would be able to advise on cartridge types.

headshell here

Regards

Andrew

i just buy the middle spindle! thanks a lots for the link.
sadly the head shell not delevery in france.... (that start to be sadly common from UK seller now :/)
i guesse for a 45 rpm adaptator i need a specific one too? or the BSR one can fit?
i see some various 45 rpm adaptor like this one : https://www.ebay.fr/itm/203514227700...gAAOSwaRhgSGoS

Originally Posted by ben

I found a nearly identical turntable in the street about a month ago. It too had the short spindle and I couldn't remove it. The cure was to heat it with a soldering iron and lift it out with pliers.

Garrard decks of this age always have grease which turns into glue!
I also had to free the main cam and trip pawl - again, using heat from the soldering iron - see the thread in this section for guidance if necessary.
Do not use force!!

i just gently use plier and heat and is done. and now with new grease work just fine thanks for the tips!

i hope is a good automatic turntable.

there also somthing strange. is a magnetic cartidige right? but the plug from the turntable actualy only get 3 pins. so tehre no grounding to the amp?

thanks a lots for the help ! soon i motly got a nice machine with alls of that . ^^

[ben]

Pin 1: Left signal
Pin 2 (centre/top): combined ground
Pin 3: Right signal

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Originally Posted by ben

Pin 1: Left signal
Pin 2 (centre/top): combined ground
Pin 3: Right signal

thanks! i just buy a femal plug for make my own adapter. cant wait to finaly hear taht turntables. ^^

[LightBlue]

thanks alls for your helps !
now is work like a charms.
i replace the old 3DIN plug by two RCA plug + ground for totaly delete teh HUMMM noise. the turntable sound beter than my AT-LPT3 so is now my main turntable.

next step is find the 45rpm adaptor. i see some LS20 .