If you own an older VPI with the bearing at the bottom of the shaft like an older '19 or a TNT you need to remove the bearing once a year and unscew the bottom of the shaft. That would be the tungsten your bearing rides on. Clean all parts and DON"T loose the bearing. You can get bearing oil through Elilusive Disc allthough I heard sewing maching and Moble 1 synthetic car oil will do. Lubricate everything as you put it back together. Mount the bearing to the plinth. Now it gets tricky. You want to add just enough oil that it barely spews out when the shaft is at the bottom of the well. If you have a bottle of VPI oil you'll want to add about half the bottle. Add too much and the shaft won't go down and oil will come back up. I find it'd easier to add too little and slowly add more. Somethimes it can take the shaft 5 or 10 minutes to settle down to the bottom. You want to get it to where the oil barley comes out of the top of the well. Setting your platter on the shaft can help push down into the well. If you need to remove oil you can scoop it out with cotton swabs. It seems like a pain, but once you.ve done it once the second time will be much eaiser. Besides, you only have to do it once a year!
