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Just bought an old PL 41, which cleaned up very nice and will be used as a mono deck. Can somebody explain the procedure to set the tracking force? The balance weight is graduated and spins forward and back. A little different to what I'm used to with old decks, setting equilibrium then dialing in the tracking force. Thanks in advance.
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I'm not sure about the pl-41 but most typical japanese arms would have a thinner ring at the front of the counterweight you are refering to. This ring has graduation marks and numbers that correspond with grams of tracking force.:-Set anti-skate to zero.
-Balance the arm 'till it floats parallel to the record by rotating the weight (heavy rear part) to cause the weight to move forward or back. (it has a coarse-threaded inside bore that engages a pin on the rear stub of the tonearm)
-Without moving or rotating the heavy part of the weight, rotate the ring (with the numbers) until "0" lines up with the line (inscribed parallel with the tonearm) on top of the rear stub.
-Rotate the main (heavy) part of the weight along with the ring to the desired number (grams tracking force)
-Set anti-skate to this same number to start, then tweak by ear if necessary.
This one does not work like that. The graduated disc is connected to the counter balance and does not spin independently. Turning the disc moves the balance weight. I know I have an old tracking force guage around here someplace so if I can always just set it with that. But if somebody has a manual I'd like to know what it says about adjusting the arm.
I have a PL-41. Valveeta is right, the outer plastic disc should rotate independent of the counterweight (perhaps yours is just stuck or maybe some monkey glued it to the counterweight in the past). In any case, I would feel more comfortable setting the tracking weight use something like the Shure gauge.
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