I used lighter fluid to remove most of the grease.
I've restores two Garrard Type A changers and I hear ya' brother about the grease!!! In fact I got one table for free simply because it was completly seized, so the owner thought it was 'broken'. Garrard, made some real dogs, but on occasion they got it right, and the Zero-100 was one of the 'right'. Nice table.the Zero-100 was one of their best and has a following because of it.