Canned answer for all record changer problems is to clean out all of the old grease and replace it. Garrards in particular tend to get very gummy with age and things just don't move correctly anymore. The Autoslim family is fairly easy to work on, its just a lot of linkages to keep track of. Take a lot of pictures, it helps. Most of the time the grease will wipe off with some mild solvent. I've used alcohol but mineral spirits or kerosene also works well, it just smells bad. Any light grease will serve as a replacement. i usually use silicone grease because I have it but lithium is also fine. Very small amounts only. Where it calls for oil, sewing machine oil or 3 in 1 electric motor oil works fine. So will hydraulic oil or any other lightweight non-detergent oil you may have on hand. Mostly its the platter bearing and motor that want the oil, the linkages generally get light grease or nothing at all.
