VPI TT platter bearing and motor lubricant

Fred Zheng

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May 23, 2020
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I have a 30 anniversary Classic 1 TT, bought it 2009, never did any maintenance on it, granted, I didn't use it that much, figured less than 1000 hours play time. I was told by an audio friend I need to lubricate platter bearing and motor, but totally confused about what lubricant to use. The manual mentioned white lithium grease. But I noticed VPI website only has something called super lube bearing lubricant (the picture showed the word oil, not grease), is this now supposed to use on all VPI TT bearing? If yes, where to buy it? My regular audio dealer does not carry it.

Also, do I need to lubricate motor? The manual does not mention this. If yes, what to use?

Thanks for the advice.
 

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