Sony PS-D707P Problems

[Old Sparky]

Thanks for that useful info., Trevor. There's no appreciable play in the cam gear, but no thrust washer there, either. No doubt one could be added. Presumably it should be plastic, or would a suitable thickness & diameter metal washer be O.K. A member of UKVRRR has suggested that there might be a hairline crack in the gearwheel on the Turntable center spindle, which I'll have to inspect under a magnifying glass. There is no thrust washer under the T/T spindle, either. As I've just commented over on UKVRRR, it may be simpler just to either remove the Cam gear or that on the center spindle, and use the deck purely manually, although a revised way of switching the motor on and off would then be needed. My other comment 'over there!' was that, the aluminum platter aside, this Sony deck is much the same, including the use of a small DC motor, as the many Chinese made turntables made in more recent years. The better ones have a full-sized, admittedly plastic, T/T, pitch control, strobeoscope, metal 'S' shape tone arm with adjustable counterweight and detachable headshell, none of which are features of the Sony 707.