Thorens TD 150 mk2

[plastico]

Well I started to tear this table apart and I found the spindle looking like this. Questions are; how do I clean the shaft of rust, and is there a ball bearing like the Rega, or does this pointy shaft ride on a teflon pad on the bottom on the well?

Thanks, Doug

 

[kevinkr]

Try wiping with paper towels and alcohol first and see what that does. (Sometimes it comes right off.) The pointy end of the shaft takes the place of a ball. The thrust pad in most Thorens tables of that era was made of nylatron or a related polymer.

 

[dady]

turtle polish cream for cars, with care...
Good afternoon gentlemen and dear kevinkr
I have the same axle and pulley in a TD125.

 

[plastico]

Thank you Esteban and Kevin. I used the cream first followed by a alcohol wipe down. Looks great!
Cheers, Doug

 

[Bare]

You may want to ask Whomever you bought that thing from: What happened to the OEM Thorens 150Mk2 Spindle !??.
Cuz that most certainly Isn't one.
REAL one has a captive spherical/ball bearing as the pivot.. not some goofy point.

 

[plastico]

A friend gave this to me for nothing, and it was in his brothers closet for who knows how long? So, I won't get to crazy with it. I just guessed that it came with two different bearing systems over the production run.
Cheers, Doug

 

[Hikari1]

You may want to ask Whomever you bought that thing from: What happened to the OEM Thorens 150Mk2 Spindle !??.
Cuz that most certainly Isn't one.
REAL one has a captive spherical/ball bearing as the pivot.. not some goofy point.

My td145 had the pointed spindle, no ball. Nice table, looke up "chadwick mods"...adding a ply or mdf bottom plate and some dampening under the top plate really work wonders.

 

[Bare]

Possibly (indubitably 🙂 someone substituted the Cheapo Issue 145 Model's inner platter /shaft at some point. As Only the 145 model was so blessed as to be deprived of it's spindle bearing

 

[nezbleu]

The TD160 also did not have a captive ball.

 

[Hikari1]

OK, in all seriousness here's the lowdown on the Thorens spindles, looks like late in the run of the MkI's they switched to the pointed shaft:

TD Platter Bearings

 

[plastico]

I thought as much. Thank you Hikari1 for your insightful direction.

Cheers, Doug

 

[rkay5]

You should read this pdf file I add Thorens Overhaul Guide (thorens_infos_english.pdf ) it has a part about bearing repair and the guy who wrote sell a bearing repair kit for thorens 10mm bearing. I have used this kit to repair my TD150 bearing.