I'll take a close look at mine and let you know if I can see how to fix it. Is yours leaking any fluids?
FR 64s tone arm lift servicing
Does anyone know how to get into the tone arm lifter to service it?
Mine just drops. There is a black plastic like press fit slug on the bottom of the cylinder but no obvious way of removing it without destroying in my estimation.
Any help is appreciated- it likely needs oil/grease
Mine just drops. There is a black plastic like press fit slug on the bottom of the cylinder but no obvious way of removing it without destroying in my estimation.
Any help is appreciated- it likely needs oil/grease
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@nandric thank you. Do you have any specifics on how you got into the mechanisim Right now the bottom pressed slug looks like the way in and it appears to be a one shot deal at the time of mfr. If I attempt to get it out it looks like it willl be destroyed and I will have to mfr another slug- which I will do if I have to. Just looking for any specific advice if you recall your process. Thanks,. |
Hi nkj, By loosening the screw with which the lift is fastened to the arm you can remove the whole lift from the arm. Remove the lift from above. Then remove the black round cover at the bottom of the lift. Then you can see how the lift lever works. The lift lever need to be removed in order to get the ''cylinder'' with oil out. Clean the under side of the lift lever and then put the whole together. I am not sure but think that the lift lever causes the lift to drop. To put it otherwise one can see that the lift lever drops instead to move slowly down. |
I need ,alas, to use an ''strange expression'' in order to explain what I mean. I hope my English teacher Lew will provide the right expression? Something like ''weak glue''. Ikeda used such glue for the cover plate on the VTF adjuster (the only access in the FR-64 inside), under the aluminum scale which need to be removed to get access to screws for the bearing and 5 Din connector. This is a kind of introduction to the covering black plastic thing in the bottom of the lift. The thing is also glued there with this ''weak glue'' (grin). As with other ''glued parts'' one need to be very careful. |
I purchased a replacement lift from an Italian company on Ebay that works great.+1 The company is Audiosilente - Simone Lucchetti. http://www.audiosilente.com/ |