Garrard 401 Mounting to Plinth- Isolation Washers?

401 owners: do you use isolation washers between your plinth and the 401? Or attach without?

dhcod12-30-2022 5:37am

noromance Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,501 posts 12-30-2022 at 06:32am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Attach without. Do not overtighten nuts.
pindac Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,453 posts 12-30-2022 at 07:28am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I did not use washers when I had a 401 mounted on a Granite Plinth.
dhcod OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 706 posts 12-30-2022 at 07:36am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Great! Thanks for the help
dover Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,187 posts 12-30-2022 at 11:32am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I used bolts through the plinth and carbon fibre washers between chassis and plinth and between bottom nut and plinth for both 301 & 401.
noromance Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,501 posts 12-30-2022 at 08:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @dhcod Why not try both ways? I did and preferred direct contact. You’ll hear opinions on both ways but it really is down to one’s taste at the end of the day. Further, hard washers like Dover’s carbon fiber will retain much of the direct contact effect, and may even improve on it. However, I do not recommend soft washers or rubber/Sorbothane gaskets.