On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:20:36 +0100, Eiron wrote:

On 14/08/2010 13:28, Rob wrote:
Does anyone know what this is /likely/ to be:

http://www.roksan.co.uk/roksan/roksanpage.php?pageno=6#

3in1, some grade of motor oil, some hybrid concoction?

I never found out what the right oil for a Garrard 401 was.
As the bearing is similar to a Roksan, according to the pdf on that page,
then I guess the oil will be about right too.
I thought for a plain spindle on top of a ball-bearing,
something heavy like EP90 gear oil would be best.

When I had a Connoisseur BD1 - single ball bearing too - I found that
if I put in heavy gear oil, the spindle would remain floating on it
for several weeks, not touching the ball at all.

d