Re: Is that good or bad...

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In Reply to: Is that good or bad... posted by Jackaro on August 4, 2005 at 08:50:54:

"but you get my point." If you comb your hair right it won't show anyway ;-)
All kidding aside, tonearm bearings aren't all that fragile or prone to damage or wear, and loose bearings on Vintage arms are quite often easily adjusted to remove the play.
Loose bearings are detected by gently pushing the arm wand back and forth in either axis and feeling for slop, or the inverse where the
bearings are too snug abnd restrict the arms free movement, obviously certain arm types like SME 3009's Unipivots etc. preclude
that sort of test due to their design.
I've bought quite a few Vintage tonearms and the vast majority have
nice bearings despite being 20 to 40 years old with multiple owners.
Avoid crazy stuff like using the tonearm as a carrying handle, and when adjusting azimuth or removing the headshell etc. grasp the the rear of arm wand firmly to avoid torquing or tweaking the bearings.
Some brand new arms may need a few hours of use for the bearings to settle in just like anything else mechanical in nature.

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Topic - How do I know if my tonearm bearings are adjusted properly? - wengler 06:14:27 08/04/05 (4)

If you have zero play and zero stiction, you've cracked it. nt. - rocky raccoon 08:13:38 08/04/05 (3)

Is that good or bad... - Jackaro 08:50:54 08/04/05 (2)

Oops - that simply hadn't occurred to me ! - rocky raccoon 02:59:52 08/05/05 (0)

Re: Is that good or bad... - Fred J 09:12:19 08/04/05 (0)

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Re: Is that good or bad... - Fred J 09:12:19 08/04/05 (0)

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