Music Hall mmf-7 spins faster

Wow! Seems counter-intuitive, though, that a loose fit between the rod and the pulley would result in too fast a speed. Too slow a speed, or an erratic speed, certainly would be understandable. In any event, glad it's solved!

Regards,
-- Al

Actually, it was too fast at first (don't ask me how or why); then, lately, it almost wasn't turning at all: that's what called my attention on the rod and the pulley. I guess I somehow got lost into the measuring and the swapping of parts between the 2 units.

And, yes, I am so glad it's solved! I can now give the mmf-7 to my daughter (her birthday is in about 2 weeks), keep the mmf-7.1 and think about my VPI purchase while I listen to some fine LP's...

My hunch in explaning the faster speed is that with your momentary loss of composure, you accidently had the belt on the wrong pulley sheave. You might consider something more permanent than a piece of toilet paper to keep the pulley sheave locked onto the pulley shaft. As torque is applied at each start up, that paper binder will likely loosen up and start to slip again. Maybe some kind of glue or cement that's compatible with plastic and adheres to metal.

Glad you finally found the problem. All's well that ends well.

Tom

Indeed, Tom.

And, thanks for the tip. Happy Thanksgiving!...

Toilet paper. Is there any problem it can't solve?