Victor Two Spring Motor Rebuild Part 3 

Absolutely awesome video. I just watched all 6 videos and learned so much. I am glad that I fund these videos and can work on mine. Thank very much for taking your valuable time to make these videos. I know how much time and dedication it takes to make videos, editing them, and upload them since I have some experience with my channel. Thanks again, regards, JZ

Can't thank you enough for this series of videos, I just rebuilt my VV-90 (S/N: 67596) this weekend and it sounds great. Hope to come across another that I can refurbish in the future. What a great piece of functional history to own and enjoy.

I would have lost all the ball bearings and any other small piece into the grass never to be seen again. Great work! and thanks for posting!

I have just finished one of these. I am in the UK so it is a model 32 motor but the same thing. I put the two springs in a bucket with a lid on & soaked them in petrol (Gasoline.) for a couple of days. It made removing the old grease a bit easier, although one had to take into consideration the safety aspect. I have a portable work bench (Called a Workmate in the UK.) which I clamped the barrel into as it has wooden jaws & walked around it feeding the spring in at the same time.Cheers. Chris

I have a couple Victrolas and a few Edison standards that have spring issues, your videos were very helpful in helping me overcome my fear of spring dismantling.

Thanks to this, I was able to open and examine spring barrel of Pathe Nr.00: chunk of spring is boken, think of getting away with a shorter, yet better greased spring. Maybe will look for replacement too.

Happy to give the video the 100th like! Going to work on my vv-IX motor soon.

thanks for the training vid i'm going to try to clean up my edison jem phonogragh.

excellent video congradulation for this your are an expert. it will help to do the same job on mine

@VictrolaJazz My edison diamond disc william and mary console takes 120 turns to fully wind the motor! I have repacked the springs though. Plays very nice and smooth through three whole records front and back.

Top shelf!

Thanks for the video! Do you use regular kerosene or 1-K? Are there any concerns using kerosene with impurities?

i like this video very much it has been useful in helping me repair my 1917 June Victor. Mine has a double motor. I'm also wanting to know the direction of the springs top and bottom since I've lost track in my cleaning as to which direction they go back in...Can anyone help? I know they go opposite in each motor... thanks in advance.

@edisonphonographs Well that's a real arm-twister!

Do you just let the parts dry after cleaning or rinse them off and then dry them?

Yes, I've heard this can be treacherous! I would never try any kind of repair anyway! Do you know Rick Wilkins of Early Days Musical Museum who lives in Duncanville? I leave my machines wound down. For whatever reason, I never wind them all the way up, just enough for a play--33 turns with the Credenza, 21 on the 7-11, 8-9 and 2-15. The #10 feels tight at just about 11 and won't got past 17. I like to stop the crank at the 12 o'clock position, too. The Brunswick Panatrope will take 49!

Do you happen to know the size of the ball bearing that goes on top of the spindle… I’m rebuilding one just like yours but it didn’t have the ball bearing to begin with

Why not use brake parts cleaner in place of the kerosene or gasoline? It seems to me that the brake parts cleaner will be less dangerous to use and there is little concern for disposal afterwards. Do you burn the waste kerosene? Asking because I have the identical motor to rebuild to fix the "clunk" during play.

Are you still out there and kicking?

Kerosene or gasoline is not good for cleaning. They will not recommend this one. Instead of kerosene, you can use WD-40 to clean them up to prevent dirt from old grease.

....the wooley gloves you used didnt make you look good at all didnt it mabe you should have used serjickle gloves with the keroscean