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Re: Tone arm and cartridge setup [message #13215 is a reply to message #13211] Mon, 18 December 2006 06:27 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
DoctorAl is currently offline  DoctorAl
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Thanks for the useful links - have followed those and dug around the sites. The Technics turntable has nothing to adjust, so have decided to pass that one on and concentrate on the Dual, which has most of the adjustments apart from tracking weight which appears fixed.

I think I've figured out the cause of most of the problems. The belt is distinctly loose, which could account for the failure of some of the automatic functions. I think the "floppiness" of the tone arm is due to a missing screw towards the rear.

Does anyone have access to a Dual CS 415-2 who could check whether there should be a screw just to the right of where the wires go into the base, beneath the tone arm counterbalance? And if so, any idea what dimensions the screw should be so that I can obtain a replacement?

My suspicion now is that someone had been trying to dismantle it to replace the drive belt, but having not been able to remove the clip on the platter had then removed random other screws. I can't see anything else obviously wrong or missing though.

Al

 
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