"Chuck Harris" wrote in message
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| Andy,
|
| Get yourself a can of WD40, and a paper towel. Spray some
| WD40 onto the towel to form a wet spot. Rub the wet spot
| all over the pickup roller until it is completely shiny.
....
| Using WD40 sounds counter intuitive, but it works! It took
| a great leap of faith for me to try it the first time (on the
| recommendation of a friend who deals in surplus printers), but
| I did, and it works perfectly.
|
| -Chuck Harris

You used to be able to buy rubber tire reconditioner to fix slipping
problems on old record players. Perhaps this is doing the same?

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