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In Reply to: Linn LP 12 tonearm bearing damage posted by dhali777 on August 2, 2005 at 10:15:57:
No, it is not something unique to Linn arms, it is true for any gimbal bearing arm. I don't recall if your SME is such a critter. My old one was not as I recall.You don't want to put torque on the bearing as you can deform them or at least loosen them up. Bearings in (good) tonearms are very highly machined, precision mechanisms. I think Linn told people to remove the arms to install cartridges for two reasons. One is that Linn was very adamant about torqueing (sp?) the cartridge screws which could damage the bearings; and secondly because it is just a good practice anyway to reduce the likelihood of damage. Some might also cynically add that the advice made it more likely you would have the Linn dealer do it, thus exposing you to their hypnotic sales force. As part of the dealer training we were all trained to hypnotize or, if that didn't work, bully customers into buying LP12's or at least upgrades. I can't begin to tell you how well a Full-Nelson worked in convincing customers to buy upgrades.
I had a Grace 707 that came on a used TD-125MkII. The damage to the 707 bearings was so bad (I think it just had poor care in an earlier life) that it was basically unusable. I traded it and an SME on a FR64SS which I wish I had kept for its esthetic value if nothing else.
There have been several postings about tests to determine if the bearings are damaged. Search the arkives. Of course, while the one poster commented about the cost of replacing damaged Ittok bearings with new Ekos bearings, it is still a lot cheaper than buying a new Ekos!
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