oil change t/t

This is what Frank Van Alstine has posted in his AudioCircle forum:

Just because I am allowing this thread to run on here does not imply that I sanction any of these goofy grossly overpriced turntable designs. I don't.

Me - I am running a 25 year old HK T30 belt drive turntable and arm with the main bearing running in Moble One synthetic oil, the arm bearings in 1000 centistroke liquid silicon, a Tri-Pad record mad, and with my custom made external 12V DC power supply to eliminate all AC hum fields from the unit and provide excellent speed stability. It is quiet, stable, and works great with a Longhorn Grado. I use it for phono preamp design, and if you have heard one of my current phono preamp sections, you would not throw rocks at the turntable. The whole setup cost about $150 years ago.

Frank Van Alstine

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Frank Van Alstine has contributed much to the audio world and is entitled to his opinions.

The key to all of this is finding your own comfort level. If MP-3's float your boat and you're smilin', then you're ahead of the game.

The original question related to what oil to use for an existing turntable.

There are some bearings which will absolutely work splendidly with synthetic motor oil. Others will be suboptimal.

You can take this as far as your passion and curiousity lead you.

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier

Agree Thom. Opinions are like....(you know the rest) and the disciples drink the kool aid.

I'm in the process of changing the bearing oil in my Linn Sondek...(it has been in storage for awhile). I ordered the actual Linn Bearing Oil from a dealer in Dallas. I would suggest using the oil specified by the manufacturer (even if u must order it from them).

hi all, i asked steve again at SOS, he said use the mobil one & use the lightest weight which im assuming is 5w-30.
since hes the importer im going by him.