You may be wondering why I am responding to this thread since I have no advice on how to replace the spring. My experience with sota is that spring reliability is a major problem for sota. My sota had the the springs elongated that caused the platter to bang against the motor. The problem was never really solved until I had the whole thing refurbished and and added vaccum holdown. The improvement was dramtic and I never had any more problems up to the time I sold it.
My point is it may be a better idea to have it re-sprung, or completely refurbished.
My guess is that sota already suggested this to you. I thought it might carry more weight from a fellow audiogoner. I know it is expensive. If it's in your budget it's worth it.
My point is it may be a better idea to have it re-sprung, or completely refurbished.
My guess is that sota already suggested this to you. I thought it might carry more weight from a fellow audiogoner. I know it is expensive. If it's in your budget it's worth it.