Garrard RC80 platter - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Parlophone · 12th Apr 2021, 11:58 pm

Hi!

I'm new to the forum, and live in Canada. I've rehabilitated several Garrard record changers, and presently am using an RC88 and an A70. I recently got an RC80 in lovely condition, and it needs lubrication. Is the platter a friction fit? It doesn't want to budge and I don't want to damage it.

The power chord is completely missing and so I haven't powered it up and I have no idea yet if the motor has expired. I've yet to run into a Garrard motor that has.

Garrard changers were very common over here, although this is the first RC80 I've run across.

Many thanks!

Audio1950 · 13th Apr 2021, 9:57 am

Hi, and welcome to the forum.

Yes, the turntable is a friction fit.

Barry

Parlophone · 17th Apr 2021, 12:18 am

Thanks!

Platter removed and work started. Everything is nice and clean; belts have perished, but with some lubrication the changer is working.....

Audio1950 · 17th Apr 2021, 10:45 am

A quick fix for the belts is slices cut from the fingers of a stout rubber kitchen glove. Works a treat, and lasts for years!

Barry

Parlophone · 17th Apr 2021, 11:15 pm

Thanks. What I really need is a headshell - it didn't come with one. I sort of loosely fit the later headshell on to test it while lubricating etc, but it doesn't actually fit. I notice that the nearly identical RC75 sometimes has a longer arm that takes the MPM2 headshell; I need the earlier MPM1. I'm too interested in these: I have several later Garrard changers [RC88, RC98] but I seem to be going back in time to the earlier ones.

12th Apr 2021, 11:58 pm	#1
Parlophone Triode Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12	Garrard RC80 platter Hi! I'm new to the forum, and live in Canada. I've rehabilitated several Garrard record changers, and presently am using an RC88 and an A70. I recently got an RC80 in lovely condition, and it needs lubrication. Is the platter a friction fit? It doesn't want to budge and I don't want to damage it. The power chord is completely missing and so I haven't powered it up and I have no idea yet if the motor has expired. I've yet to run into a Garrard motor that has. Garrard changers were very common over here, although this is the first RC80 I've run across. Many thanks!

13th Apr 2021, 9:57 am	#2
Audio1950 Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 3,763	Re: Garrard RC80 platter Hi, and welcome to the forum. Yes, the turntable is a friction fit. Barry

17th Apr 2021, 12:18 am	#3
Parlophone Triode Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12	Re: Garrard RC80 platter Thanks! Platter removed and work started. Everything is nice and clean; belts have perished, but with some lubrication the changer is working.....

17th Apr 2021, 10:45 am	#4
Audio1950 Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 3,763	Re: Garrard RC80 platter A quick fix for the belts is slices cut from the fingers of a stout rubber kitchen glove. Works a treat, and lasts for years! Barry

17th Apr 2021, 11:15 pm	#5
Parlophone Triode Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12	Re: Garrard RC80 platter Thanks. What I really need is a headshell - it didn't come with one. I sort of loosely fit the later headshell on to test it while lubricating etc, but it doesn't actually fit. I notice that the nearly identical RC75 sometimes has a longer arm that takes the MPM2 headshell; I need the earlier MPM1. I'm too interested in these: I have several later Garrard changers [RC88, RC98] but I seem to be going back in time to the earlier ones.