This special (after market) production rubber drive ring replaces the old worn rubber drive ring on idler wheels used in Rock-Ola models 1455, 1458, 1460, 1462, 1464, 1465, 1468, 1475, 1478, 1484, 1485. It is also used in the models 1488, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1496, and 1497 and can be found in 404, 408, 414, 418 and some later models up to the mid 1960s too which play 45 RPM records only, i.e. no intermix for 45/33 rpm.

To know if this rubber drive ring fits your old idler wheel, please check the following:

• Can you remove the old rubber ring easily without cutting? The inner diameter of the centre hole (spindle hole) is 5.4 mm = 7/32 inch. Is your juke box set up for 45 rpm play only?
  If yes, then this rubber ring is all you need. To replace, remove the old one and clean the groove of old glue and dirt. Apply the new rubber ring. It stays in place without glue.
• Or is the rubber vulcanised to the metal? The inner diameter of the centre (spindle) hole is 4.7 mm = 3/16 inch. If so, your juke box is set up for 45/33 rpm, the so-called Intermix, with a turntable with sensor and pin assembly (three moveable bars around a pin in the centre) instead of a big centre hub?
  In this case you will need a new compete idler wheel. Contact the seller through eBay.

Worn, brittle or damaged rubber drive rings cause various sound distortions like ambient noise, varying speeds, or speed which is too slow.

1 ( = One) of:

ROCK-OLA

Turntable Idler wheel rubber ring.

Brand   new   production!

The idler wheels for which this rim is intended, were

used by Rock-Ola starting with the

model 1455 in 1956/1957, and the idler wheel, was continued all the way up

through to the model 1497 (year 1962 Empress), and then used in most 45 rpm models after that, excluding those with 33/45 rpm intermix feature.

Anybody who has worked on these Rock-Ola jukes knows

that most of the original idler wheels have got rubber rings which are now as

hard as nails, and which have dents and dings in the rubber

where the turntable spindle has been rubbing against the rubber ring

while the turntable was jammed above it all!   Getting the correct and constant

45 rpm turntable speed with a clapped-out old idler wheel or idler wheel rim (and idler spring!) is impossible!

By using this replacement outer rim, you keep your own old idler wheel base and remove the old hardened rubber ring and replace it with this new one.

This replacement idler wheel, brand new production  is rarely available, and is scarcer than rocking-horsh it!   It is   NOT   New Old Stock - it is fresh production with the proper soft rubber ring.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The last 2 photos shows the correct, and brand new, idler wheel spring to be used on this idler wheel. This spring is NOT included in the sale of the idler wheel ring, but is available separately - see our eBay listings under Rock-Ola idler wheel spring. Just about 100% of the time when you replace the idler wheel or idler wheel ring, you will also need to replace the idler spring.

If you need more information about this idler wheel, any juke box globes/lamps or needles used in any juke box over the years, please email me on the email address below.

Contact me through eBay for a listing of other brand new juke box parts, including needles, lamps, rubber drive belts etc. for most manufacturer's juke boxes, or email me with any juke box queries - I will do my best to answer every question you throw at me!

I have owned, operated, collected and repaired (and loved!) juke boxes (and pinballs) for more than 55 years and I may be able to help you with service information and/or information about parts availability.

I stock stylii/needles and globes/lamps for most juke boxes manufactured after 1950 by AMI, Rowe-AMI, Rowe, Rock-Ola, NSM, Seeburg, Wurlitzer (both American and German manufacture), Bergmann, Jupiter, Eltec, Harting, Atari-Jupiter etc.

All sales are final. Settlement expected within 4 days from auction end unless you are still bidding on current items - if so, please let us know.

 PAYMENT:   Direct credit or walk-in deposit at CBA (Commonwealth Bank), credit card payment, PayPal or money order. Purchases over AUS $100 total can be paid by special arrangement (e.g. Lay-by) with me.       PayPal from international customers please.

POSTAGE/HANDLING:

Within Australia: 1 idler wheel:  $7.00.  Extra idler wheels add $1 each p/h. Pick up from our office in Hobart is available. Postage discounts apply on multiple purchases - even over as long as 10 days. Multiple items such as parts, needles and records can be combined.

Overseas: 1 idler wheel: un-tracked air mail:  $16.00.  Extra idler wheels add $3 each p/h. Multiple items such as parts, needles and records can be combined. Postage discounts apply on multiple purchases - even over as long as 10 days.  NOTE:  We do not send to Central and South America, the African continent, Greece, and Russia.

 Check out my other auctions for CD’s, records, Juke Boxes, stylii  and odds and ends – I will gladly combine your purchases over a week or so into the one economical package. 

My company produces a  ** FREE  **  email newsletter detailing 7 inch vinyl releases – contact me to be put on the mailing list. We also have around 120,000 (!!!) used 7” vinyl records in stock which we special out to our customers from time to time. We will never ever sell or hire out our database of email addresses! 55+ years in the music and juke box business and I’ve been doing mail order since the late 80’s!

FLAMINGO  RECORDS,

HOBART,  TASMANIA,  AUSTRALIA.