Here you see the motor dis-assembled getting ready to be cleaned. A motor must be broken down for cleaning, just doing a cosmetic wipe down does not get in the moving parts of the motor

You can see here that the mainspring is dry and dirty, this is common as the unit has not been serviced is 85 years! If operated in this condition, it will cause a rumbling dry sound when you wind and while the machine is playing

In this view, you can see the build up that had occurred between the barrel and the frame, by breaking down the motor you we can get to this and remove it

The motor is now in the cleaning tank, we use a naphtha based solvent from Safety Kleen to do the job

Important in the cleaning process is getting all the grime out from between the teeth of the gears..they should be whistle clean

All the cleaned parts are now back on the
table ready to be re-assembled

The motor is now back together and will be oiled, tested and the speed set to the proper 78 rpm

The governor is the part that controls the speed, seen here. It is important that this be properly adjusted to get proper speed and to keep the motor as quiet as possible

The same motor as in picture one, but cleaned, tested and ready to be
shipped back out for installation in your phonograph!