idler wheel flat spots

[maxhifi]

I have a couple players in my collection which don't lift the idler/turret from contacting the motor shaft during periods of non-use. Kind of a bad design really, it's like asking for a flat spot to develop. Do you guys do anything special to store such players?

I don't like keeping things half taken apart, but in this case it may make sense to store the idler/turret removed from the player. This is low end stuff, which lacks a "park" position like my Thorens has.