Kudos to SOTA!
Following a major DIY home remodel, I set up my mid-80's SOTA Sapphire and found the motor had shot craps. Replaced it with a Series V motor and it sounded good until I became aware of a deep rumbling in the background.
Called SOTA, they told me how to evaluate the bushings, (which looked a little scarred) so off went the platter assembly to SOTA, and in less than two weeks it was back. Put in back together and it
SINGS!/i]. Listening to Moody Blues on Nautilus/Threshold of a Dream, and WOW!
And thanks to ScottF

for setting up my ETII arm it before all the mechanical stuff went south.