[Jukebox-list] Advice for cleaning Rockola 1493 Gripper Assembly

[Juke of Shrewsbury]

Sometimes the gripper assembly can be freed up by a little heat and a lot of 
oil - but it is best to completely disassemble it, degrease and clean it and 
re-assemble.  There is a spiral spring steel pin in the turnover cam that 
needs to be punched out. With this out the whole thing comes to bits. Take a 
note of the orientation of the turnover cam relative to the gripper arm 
before disassembly - you don't want to re-assemble it twice!

Lubrication, and the type of lubricant to use, is a sensitive topic! I would 
say any light grease that will not solidify in the long term should be OK 
for the motor worm wheel.

Best of luck with it!

Adrian.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Norman" <rockinsomething at yahoo.com>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 8:53 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] Advice for cleaning Rockola 1493 Gripper Assembly


I recently acquired a 1493 out here in the SF Bay Area and this is my first 
jukebox project.  I picked this one because I have a small place and this 
machine has a small footprint.  Anyways, it is currently not working and I 
am in the process of restoring it.  Currently I am trying to clean the 
frozen/gummed up gripper assembly.  I hear that this a common problem with 
Rockolas that have sat around for a while.  What is the best procedure or 
method for cleaning one of these assemblies?  I thought about completely 
disassembling the gripper parts and degreasing them but I can't seem to 
determine where to start.  The owner's manual has an exploded diagram but 
doesn't really help much with determining how to dismantle it.

  Additionally, the record carousel drive motor was also gummed up and 
frozen. I cleaned the motor and the plastic drive gear but I'm not sure what 
to relube the old gear with.  Will white lithium grease be sufficient ?

  Thanks in advance,

  Jeff


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