Turntable plays 33.5 Lps very slow

I have been experimenting with it... and I have noticed that the glass plate when set on the platter pushes the pulley down and keeps on touching the pulley while the table is turning... it makes a noise of glass and plastic rubbing against each other... so I put a rubber band between the plate and the platter to prevent the glass plate from touching the pulley and although it made the plate unbalanced it however did increase the speed (not 100% ok though)... I am thinking now of increasing the height of the shaft (platter).. is that a good idea?

12-26-04: Jea48 wrote: "Kal, the rest of us in this thread new he ment 33-1/3."

I know what he meant, too, but I couldn't resist the little joke. Note the smiley, please.

thanks guys.. turns out that the pulley is loose from the motor shaft and its not set on it all the way down. All I had to do was push it down and viola!!! thank you guys for your time and your advice...