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Late summer holiday plan: service the tonearm of a 60s turntable

Jan Cumps
Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

While some say that having vintage audio is like a holy grail - in reality it means work Grinning. This time I'm maintaining the bearings of my table's tonearm. The arm and its moving parts are the most finicky part of the table. And they show their age. Based on the serial number, the table is from 1965 (one of the first 100 Thorens TD-124 MK II). The tone arm is original.

To start, some photos of the disassembly of the arm board.

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago +5
    At this moment, all difficult jobs have been done. I replaced the race and completed the assembly. The arm is now ready to be mounted on the table.
  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago +3
    Meanwhile on the other side of the world
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago +3
    So far so good ...
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

    Before...

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  • dang74
    dang74 over 2 years ago

    The turntable looks like its brand new.  It's hard to believe it's 58 years old.  You and the previous owner must have taken good care of it.  Getting it for 12 Euros was a real steal.

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to dang74

    I got the most difficult parts back together now. When you (try to) put the arm back in the bearings, you have to do that with the housing on (but not screwed in place). And try to catch a spring near the top of the housing. While not pinching the wires.

    I tried it about 10 times this morning and it failed. Went for a trip to the city, and retried. 3rd attempt was successful:

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    This is the spring:

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to dang74
    dang74 said:
    The turntable looks like its brand new.

    That's thanks to a lot of elbow grease. It was in bad shape when I got it. Neglected.

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    anniel747 over 2 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps
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  • colporteur
    colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Is the top solder work OEM? If yes, I hope it was a Monday assembled after a party weekend because it is poor.

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to anniel747

    The new part is synthetic. And the old one was beyond rejuvenation - it pulverised.

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    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to colporteur
    colporteur said:
    Is the top solder work OEM?

    Might have been done by some mid-70s unskilled DJ.
    It had a mono cartridge mounted, so I guess it was used by a local pirate radio station or the likes...

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    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

    So far so good ...

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    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

    At this moment, all difficult jobs have been done. I replaced the race and completed the assembly.
    The arm is now ready to be mounted on the table.

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