Cueing lever stuck. The manual lever is also stuck in DOWN position.

• Cueing lever stuck I eventually noticed the cueing lever was slowly rising after putting it down in the How to fix Cueing Lift Arm on an automatic turntable Hello! I recently got a Technics SL-5 linear tracking table from craigslist and while it's mostly working, the tonearm seems to have trouble staying in the crevice on the little cue control lever; the cartridge gets pulled left and right quite a bit at the beginning of a side, and if I don't push the tone arm to the left a bit with my finger before playback, it gets pulled too much to the The cueing lever was working somewhat okay when I bought it earlier, barely lifting the tonearm up, but not enough to get the record without skating. It appears to be lifting when you lift the cueing lever and lowering gently when you lower the lever. Dec 23, 2018 #2 With good advice and a closer examination, the cueing plunger does go up and down, but not high enough to affect the tonearm. be/CQxvnLpv1hQ Is the cue lever lost or did it just fall out ? If it just fell out you may be able to glue it back into the black cam that it is pressed into from the top. Well that has just The tone arm would drop immediately when I released the cueing lever - not the desired slow drop. It is located The arm needs to be removed to get the cuing mechanism apart. When I lower the cueing lever, the tonearm turns heavily towards the outward side of the disk, so the stylus ends sitting on previous groove. So, I always need to put the arm more "advanced" to make the stylus sit in an approximately correct groove. FWIW, the auto If its stuck in the UP position like mine was, do this. I bought some damping fluid from turnt Hi guys, Have a dual cs 5000,the player is in excellent condition but facing a small problem that the manual cue lever dose not work i. For the lube it is important to use 500000cst for the cueing arm. If it is moving up and down, maybe it needs adjustment, there is allen screw on the side, see below. Everything works except the cueing lever, which appears to be stuck in the “down” setting. Clean the old junk out then use a silicone grease or dampening fluid to replace it. Quick links Please login or register an accountlogin or register an account I fix an issue I've been having with my turntable. The cue-control lever is stuck in the 'up' Tonearm cueing is not possible because the lift shaft is stuck. It very slowly moves downward. e. Q. I'm sure you can find at least a few where the DJ actually switches records, and you can see the cueing If you encounter resistance, remove the cue lever by releasing the locking "E" clip and sliding it out. As soon as I lower the lever, the arm plummets down in a free fall. Edit: stuck in place when a record is detected. As noted by findog3103 above, I also found that the rod underneath the cueing slider, around which the So I have a bush case turntable type thing and one day my cue lever just got stuck and I have to manually lift up the arm and place it on my record Auto cue on the SL1500C is electronic controlled, unfortunately the service manual is not helpful as its fix is to replace the tonearm assembly. So I removed the lift mechanism and cleaned and replaced the 500000 silicone. Never got stuck again. If the tonearm is lowering too fast, the bridge may have an issue. Also how to stop the arm drifting to the side when being lowered The cueing lever is free to move, but the lowering bar mechanism appears to be stuck "up" that is preventing turntable arm from lowering. Yes and no. I gently tightened and loosened the screw on the tonearm lift thing to see what it Kenwood KD-5070 Cueing Lever problem Post by hifiray » 24 Feb 2015 00:30 I just bought a friend of mine's Kenwood KD-5070 and have purchased a Nagaoka MP110 cartridge for it. The cue lever is a weaker as described in a previous post, due to the clip-flag. I played the A-Side of a disk just fine, but right when I get to the end, I raise It depends on the budget you want to spend on it and the type of hifi setup that's right for you, I refer you to the post (much more complete than I could tell you in a couple of a comment) Work the cue lever a couple of times and check to see if that helps with the height issue. kermit z Loud Music saves Lives!! Subscriber. Futureman junior member Posts: 13 Joined: 30 Dec 2007 05:35. There's that Lock swivel, wonder if it is supposed to prevent the cue lever from working, but someone The cue-control lever is stuck in the 'up' position. Human skin emits natural oil and grease (even if you can’t see or feel it) that clings to the vinyl. Thread starter Emmbee; Start date Jan 4, 2012; Emmbee Well-Known Member. So when you cue up with lever the tonearm should rise and when you cue down the tonearm should drop by itself at a reasonable rate. This raises and lowers the tonearm. To raise the arm again the cue lever does not help. Make sure the cueing lever is fully lowering. This needs to be removed and relubrucated with 300,000 or 600,000 viscosity silicone based oil. i kept working it and applying more force until it moved a bit then kept working back and forth until it moved easily. Assistant Service Manager, Noresco -N. Hi all, I recently acquired a Technics SL-1015 turntable. There are lots of videos on the internet showing how to There is an adjustment screw that increases and decreases the force applied to the cueing lever. Everything else is controlled well away from the platter making accidents like backtracking very unlikely. sydneyh Active Member. At 1:44 he lowers the tone arm using the cueing lever, the lever stays in the down position. Tonearm returns too soon every time What we need to double-check is when you move the cue lever up/down, the cable actually moves and all the hinges (for lack of a better word) at both ends -being the lever and piston- actually move. Is there a standard lube technique to fix this? Home. The cure here is a second softer If I lift the cueing lever just enough to ease the weight of the tone arm without actually lifting the stylus off the record, and then set it back down, the skipping will often stop, and the record will play through. (209). It may be up or it may be down, I'm not sure at this point. It sadly sat for over ten years unused which probably did it no good. bike4heck New Member. Often when the player is new and hasn't been used much yet, it can get stuck in a slightly raised position, causing the stylus to make poor contact with the groove and skip: Quick fix - Record Skipping! Clean your records. Then I learned how to make it get stuck every time. Adjust the tonearm bridge by turning the screw counterclockwise, this will raise the tonearm bridge, but lowers the mechanism inside. As soon as you let go, it goes back to the start position. there is no tension in the cueing lever whatsoever and the needle won't drop unless I manually hold down the thing th earm rests on. the arm stays up even if the cue lever is lowered,only when the record has spun a couple of rounds does the tone arm come down. Quick links Please login or register an accountlogin or register an account Quick links Please login or register an accountlogin or register an account Quick links Please login or register an account When I pull the Cueing Lever forward (in the direction of the front of the TT), the tone arm lift doesn't have a gradual descending motion, but essentially just drops the tone arm down. If I drop the cure lever, the stylus drops down with a very slight angle back (towards the outer The needle drops at an inconsistent rate, and sometimes gets stuck right above the record, causing it to skip (which can't be good for the record). Well, if every single vinyl is skipping and the 180g vinyl is playing perfectly then the problem might be with the cueing lever and tonearm rest lubrication. Powered it on, moved the tonearm over, and it pushed itself back to it's cradle! it sounds like your auto-return switch somehow has got Hello Everyone, I've posted here before for my tonearm height adjustment being stuck and my cue lever not working at all. If your record is skipping in the same spot then there could be a scratch or dirt stuck inside the record groove. Cueing up at the beginning is the opposite though. That's just the The more vinyl is handled, the more oil and grease becomes stuck to the record. Granted this is a different TT, but the cueing mechanism leaked on my EAT C-Sharp and in my case the lift platform does not support the arm at all. The original problem "the cueing lever on the Dual CS 503-1 doesn't work and the piston remains in the up-cue position" was, as has been reported in another post on this forum, simply a problem of sticky old lubricant/dirt which prohibited the plastic levers and linkages underneath from freely moving. Everything seemed to work fine for a week or 2, but now the tonearm raiser/lowerer gets stuck when I operate the cueing lever, resulting in the needle not making contact with the LP surface. Not sure if that's how it's supposed to work but it doesn't bother me any. No tools or adhesives required. Quick links Please login or register an accountlogin or register an account Over time, the graphite grease hardens and the main lever/pimple may stay stuck to segment after cycling. Hi, I own a Technics SL-100C for more than a year, really a good machine for my needs. Much prefer to do that by hand. Sometimes I can get it to come up a few millimetres above the platter, but still low enough that it touches a record. There is not less damping, there is no damping or support. So I tried gently prying the cue bar to the up position but it was now stuck in THAT position. I bought it even though the cueing lever doesn't work. Recently I came across a post I think it was on here saying to put dampening fluid onto the shaft of the lever and work it into the arm from the top side like that, so as to not have to dissemble the arm. Mar 29, 2013 Does the tonearm drop hard with the cueing lever? If Quick links Please login or register an account Raise the cueing lever to the up position. I can use the cueing lever to raise the tonearm, return to the rest and the record stops if I need to interrupt play - but I'd like to see if I can get this working again. I often raise the arm with the cue lever while a record is playing to pause it. The cueing device on my Prime Sig also moves forward slightly--I've gotten good with it though and can get it to land exactly where I want it to every time. Skipping: Make sure the player is on a stable, level surface. Next question is how thick for your cue? I don't know, for your TT. The lift With age, the cue mechanism on my Rega deck has become very slow to operate (over-damped). Also the arm you use to lift it up is very stiff – that is, you need to push hard to lift it. Thicker equates to slower drop. When I lower the lever to drop the needle on the record it hesitates for an actual three to four seconds then lowers. I’m still pretty new to turntables, and the Fluance RT81 is my first super nice one. Once you've decided where to "land", you're golden. Alec124c41 vinyl engineer Posts: 25656 Joined: 28 Oct 2002 04:24 Location: North of Toronto, Canada. Top. The tonearm, platter are all original. If you are still having the same issue after you cleaned the cue elevator then the issue is It takes some amount of resistance from the cue arm mechanism pushing against the cue lever cam to keep it stuck in place. Kuzma Stogi cueing lever. Only adjust 1-2 turns at a time. Oct 31, 2023 #1 I was listening to an LP and I was aware of the sound gradually becoming distorted to the point where the arm just slid across the disc. I guess the 'goo' in the damper has become thicker. It doesn’t stay up. 5g tracking force. I was able to free the main lever and got the cueing lever to work for in manual mode again. As we all know, 180g records are significantly thicker than average The cueing lever can be moved manually from its normal horizontal position to a vertical position and back to a horizontal position. It will also do that in the cue up position The arm of this Technics SL-1900 will not go up or down due to old, sticky grease. Use a small amount of super glue This was it! I was turning the platter by hand earlier to test it and so I must have got it stuck halfway through a return cycle. Additionally after a few minutes of The very helpful, congenial and honest seller said the cueing lever was not working at all, so I also ordered a new Jelco cueing lever, figuring it would be a match. You can adjust the height of the tonearm bridge by turning the adjustment screw found on the tonearm bridge as shown in the image below: Did you find the answer you Is the cue lift moving up and down when you use the lever, or is it stuck in the up position. I'll do a little more research to figure out Link to the tutorial video:https://youtu. Thread starter Paraheadache; Start date Oct 31, 2023; Paraheadache pfm Member. It also drops at the speed at which I move the lever. The cueing housing on the older arms seemed The cue on both my tonearms are always up if they aren't busy tracking a record. The electromagnet clicks and "tries" but doesn't have enough strength to do . Make sure the cueing lever is in the DOWN position (left). When I last (many years ago) used the TT, I thought the lever was capable of remaining in a vertical position on its own and the tone arm/stylus remaining off the record. I don’t suppose anybody has I am the original owner. I am always cue up when not tracking a record. I brought it home, and hooked it up ready to play some vinyl. You should check out the owners manual in the library. When moved to 'down' it immediately springs but to 'up' - The tone arm doesn't move at all and is stuck in the up My P5 does something similar and everything is set up per spec, leveled, etc. It plays flawlessly & has been lubricated. And know viscosity to get. Location: Austin, TX. Post by Alec124c41 » 27 Sep 2010 04:00 Quick links Please login or register an account When my cueing lever is UP, the cartridge (at440mla) sits so low that the stylus rests on the platter. If the cueing works correctly when you auto start, then the cueing mechanism will work also in manual start. I picked up in a few days. I have been quite satisfied with it up until now. You can adjust the height of the tonearm bridge by turning the adjustment screw found on the tonearm bridge as shown in the image below: Did you find the answer you The manual lever is also stuck in DOWN position. UTurn Audio Orbit Turntable Cue Lever Review Over time, the graphite grease hardens and the main lever/pimple may stay stuck to segment after cycling. Like the 1200 and 1210, the 1500 is also fully manual. The only problem is the cue lever. I have a Uturn Orbit with OM 5E and cue lever I purchased about a year ago. Oct 6 It is pretty much just a question of holding the lever in, as long as it holds well enough to cue the arm! I was going to try super-glue, but wondered if the black-anodised aluminium (aluminum to the new-world fraternity) parts called for another type - such as araldite or something more exotic. Hope you haven't broken it. Putting the cue down otherwise just leaves room for crying after accidentally dropping the arm on a record, watching it bounce across the disc, and maybe even damaging the cartridge suspension/dampers in the process. I rest the side of my hand on the plinth when lowering the tonearm so it's more of a controlled rolling motion of my hand. cleaning / relubing cleared it up for me. A faulty cueing mechanism may also cause the tonearm to bounce, and as we’ve already said, adding some extra fluid to the tool will assist in stabilizing the lever. Therefore the tonearm swings all the way to the end or anywhere in between. Don't use too much or it Do not flip the lever back and forth quickly as you will not be able to see if it's working correctly and may cause the tonearm to bounce. . PCMHiFi member Posts: 102 Joined: 07 Apr The needle drops at an inconsistent rate, and sometimes gets stuck right above the record, causing it to skip (which can't be good for the record). If the cueing lever is in the down position--after you manually lift it and release it, it should go back down. 4 posts • Page 1 of 1. After a unrelated low-side (another story) the whole transmission case was replaced, strangely I cant make it get stuck again. The tonearm adjusts automatically when the cueing lever is pressed. After doing some reading and watching a couple of I have a 1200 MkII and a 1210 MkII, and just recently picked up a nice 1500 MkII. I can push gently down on the raiser/lowerer and contact is made. Favorite Duals: TG 12a, 1009, 721. i kept working it and applying more force until it moved a bit then kept Since the lever controls the up and down movement of the tonearm, the damping fluid would naturally dry up over time and might lead to stiffness. I had the same issue with my 1600 non MK2. You'd think it would come setup the right height for the cartridge, but your problems aren't very encouraging for the brand at 1:10 the tone arm is automatically raised using the auto lift function and as part of the process the cueing lever moves to the up position. A smooth lifting action is ensured every time by using the cueing lever, which prevents the tonearm from bouncing. If I As far as the arm jumping when you lift up on the cue lever, that is occurring because you are raising the arm very quickly and jerking the lever. Only try this if the lever has just fell out. one of my tables came with it it frozen in the unlocked position. I used 300. The next day, it was stuck I have about 5mm of clearance to the cue linking lever (264) in single play and 3mm in multiplay, so there's more upwards travel required by the main lever to push up the lifting bolt. It turns out the original cueing-lever mechanism on the MMT fits up into what amounts to a cap in the tonearm rest bar (see photo, not mine). This "WAS" successful and the cueing bar was working good for ONE several-hour record playing session. The quick and dirty fix is to allow a drop or two of penetrating oil to get under the lock lever, move it to encourage the stuff to flow to the rotating pin where, given some time, it may free up whatever is stuck Penetrating oil is commonly sold in hardware stores, in small cans with a spout, for Garrard SL-95 Tonearm STUCK UP - Vinyl Engine Board index Raise the cueing lever to the up position. Replies 28 Views 4K. Then even the cue I took my SL-1900 out from the closet, and found out the cueing mechanism appears to have locked up. Can you manually control this? It's pretty standard for the cueing lever to be user controlled. Is there a way I can fix Follow along using the transcript. Gently lowers tonearm to protect your stylus. Maximum output by the There are plenty of vids on Youtube of DJs using Technics 1200s. Jan 4, 2012 Tonearm cue drops super slow. I gently tightened and loosened the screw on the tonearm lift thing to see what it The cueing bar may be getting stuck during actuation. Now it The lifter piston barely moves when the lift lever is engaged upwards. The quick and dirty fix is to allow a drop or two of penetrating oil to get under the lock lever, move it to encourage the stuff to flow to the rotating pin where, given some time, it may free up whatever is stuck Penetrating oil is commonly sold in hardware stores, in small cans with a spout, for the cueing platform wouldn't lower even though the lever was moving up and down freely. On the 1500, the cueing lever moves up and down Mine has the non-functional cueing system in Multi. I also have a new Planar 1 and the ease with which you push to lift The extra black plate on the 1229 acts as a damper for the cue lever return. Cue lever is stuck (?!) Post by By your description, the plastic T shaped piece that pushes up on the tonearm sound like it is tight against the cue rod and high enough. It tells you how to free the arm when the cueing gears are engaged, how to evaluate and adjust the arm, set up the cartridge and use the shims. Associated with Dual till Thompson era. When you remove the plate, wiggle it around and maybe depress the piston till Now I think my cueing piston is stuck somehow from flipping it on its side and adjusting it. Since a few days I have noticed that the lever tends to lower itself, so now every time I have to pay a lot of attention to its position. Garrard SL-95 Tonearm STUCK UP - Vinyl Engine Board index When my cueing lever is UP, the cartridge (at440mla) sits so low that the stylus rests on the platter. There is an adjustment procedure in From what I seen online they just stop at the end of a record. When I keep the lever lifted I sense looseness on the arm support, it moves from side to side. R. It may be that the cable has come The very helpful, congenial and honest seller said the cueing lever was not working at all, so I also ordered a new Jelco cueing lever, figuring it would be a match. I couldn't find any earlier posts explaining this particular issue with the LP120. -Dual of Canada, Area of expertise: Tech Training and Consumer Service P. Just holding in your hand like it would attach to turntable. I agree, a clean of the tonearm lift shaft etc, then replace the 'well' with some silicone greese that is usualy very very thick. Regards, k. The cure here is a second softer Certainly if I've had a cocktail or two, I'll use the cue lever, but otherwise I'm mostly lifting and lowering the tonearm with my finger. I actually think I figured out what i need to adjust - it's a screw on the "main lever" The last 1229 I serviced, had the cue lever (270) "paddle" end bent to meet the "wedge"(220) "better". The cue lever is typically located on the side or Auto works like this: tonearm lifts; platter starts; the cam wheel gets sort of stuck, but i can help it through with a tiny push; tonearm will then advance to the cue position; then However the manual cue arm will not stay in the up position. One this is off you will see a brass piston which is the cue arm lever shaft. Without load on the cueing rest, it should take 4 to 14 seconds to drop fully (ignore the lever movement as this continues dropping after the rest hits bottom). I am certain the cue lever is not styrene so that eliminates modeler's glue. However, I never liked the cueing lever. The cueing lever also seemed to work well. atbolding Forum Resident. You could then push the black center shaft down and slide it out the bottom. Acoustic Research Legend cueing lever Discussion in 'Audio Hardware' started by frimleygreener, Mar 31, 2015. This stuff will probably do the job but awful to the VTA lever should move freely. It's dialed in for 1. Accessory box and manual included. This could inhibit or at least disturb the arm's horizontal movement. drainyoo; Oct 1, 2014; Turntables; 2. The tonearm bridge is not lowering enough when the cueing lever is dropped. Remember that the arm is How to adjust the height of the cueing lever on a Rega record player. It seems there's not enough 'throw' to enable the cam under the table to reach the vertical position. But, by having the piston out and cleaned Auto works like this: tonearm lifts; platter starts; the cam wheel gets sort of stuck, but i can help it through with a tiny push; tonearm will then advance to the cue position; then the unit would presumably play through the side; at the runout, the autoreturn trips, but the arm doesn't move; then the cam wheel again seems to need a tiny "push", and it completes and What we need to double-check is when you move the cue lever up/down, the cable actually moves and all the hinges (for lack of a better word) at both ends -being the lever and piston- actually move. I'm not exactly sure since this is a Mine drops in about 3 seconds, longer if I just start the cue lever on its own and let it fall. what i found was that the inner mechanisms of the table were stuck mid-cycle. When pressed down, or when it lowers correctly, the tracking force is still where is Quick links Please login or register an accountlogin or register an account Use a small amount of super glue on the end of the metal cue lever where the etched lines are and push it back into the black cue cam. Mar 27, 2013 #4 the one or two times i experience this it was sticky old grease on or around the cueing mechanism underneath the arm. Maybe someone else will have experience with cue of your arm. Not to mention the noise that the actuator is If - for example - the riser is stuck, the clip-looking-flag will close reducing the danger of anything breaking. I've taken the lift platform off the shaft and have tried The cueing mechanism in the Technics SL-Q303 is similar. be/CQxvnLpv1hQ Hello Everyone, I've posted here before for my tonearm height adjustment being stuck and my cue lever not working at all. While the other speeds worked the tone arm would not move to 10 inch or 7 inch positions in single play mode. To play records I can only grab the tonearm manually. That's probably all it is. To correct this issue, use the bridge adjustment screw to adjust the bridge’s height. Ride about 50-60 mph, then start downshifting by stomping on the lever. However, the RB303 tonearm has an issue with the Rega Cue lift lever. Recently I came This resulted in a fairly high lift and that's when I noticed that mine got stuck at the start positions of records depending on where the size select lever was positioned. Just snap it onto the tonearm base. It will push up Much sweeter with the cue lever. ggergm, Feb 20, 2014 #19. Watch me tear down the arm to repair this common issue. I’ve found if the arm cue height adjustment is set I am one of the lucky few to own this lovely turntable and NOT have automatic function or stuck/under-lubricated cuing mechanism problems. The tonearm just drops like a rock when I lower the cueing lever. Now the RB 300 lowers itself easily onto the record surface whereas it used to get stuck at any point of it's journey downwards and needed to be forced down by a gentle force on the lever. Maybe it's stuck in place. Anyone know of anything out So I tried gently prying the cue bar to the up position but it was now stuck in THAT position. basically, in auto-mode, the START lever activated a series of gears and movements that once started need to move through their rotations. Quick links Please login or register an accountlogin or register an account the VTA lever should move freely. Industrial grade super glue may bond the plastic. Furthermore, when the table auto starts the arm slides across and then does not drop. The little knurled knob right in front of the tonearm shaft is the cue rate adjuster. During our UK hot spell when indoor temperatures exceeded 30, my SL1500C would self drop If its stuck in the UP position like mine was, do this. I have to pick up tonearm to properly cue the tonearm on the record. It may be that the cable has come Good condition and plays well but the cueing lever does not function - no lift. If the arm is tilted, the tonearm may not drop low enough using the cueing lever. After doing some reading and watching a couple of videos I decided to give it a go and am currently waiting for the wd 40 to potentially work and help me separate the height adjustment ring from the baseplate which is stuck pretty hard. I have an AT 120 USB TT and understand that this is an issue experienced by many The cueing mechanism in the Technics SL-Q303 is similar. 5. Also, underneath the table is the main lever that drives the studerpimple. So you didn't see that after lowering the lever, if my finger presented even the slightest bit of pressure on the lever, the arm would freeze and not continue down on its path. The slotted adjustment down in the hole in front of the raised area adjusts where the needle sets down. The part of the cue that the This cueing lever damping oil corrected my quickly dropping tone arm issue very quickly and very easily. You may need to make several adjustments before you start feeling resistance when you move the cueing lever. You're referring to the cueing lever. It's in near perfect condition except the tonearm cue lever drops the arm like a brick. I just moved my 606 onto a new plinth and in the process I seem to have done something to the cue-control, but I'm not sure what. Now, it raises and drops properly, but when you pull the cueing lever back, it will not stay. I use the The cue lever should raise or lower the arm whenever the platter is in motion. The There's another plastic piece under the plate that is attached to the cue lever. That's just the I'm guessing 3-4mm drop of cue lever means the stylus is still above the record. I’d take the platter and cartridge off, flip it upside down and take the I carefully cleaned all parts in the cueing mechanism and then lubricated with lithium grease and applied damping fluid (300,000 cSt) to the middle of the cue barrel. New to Vinyl and lost as hell please help My point is, even in manual mode, the timing cam has to turn the first 1/2 revolution to release the cueing mechanism (such that the cueing piston can go up/down manually in response to the cueing lever). Apparently the tonearm height can be adjusted. When you pull the lever down it engages the electronic mechanism and lowers the tonearm but not all the way down enough to touch the record surface. Opened up the turntable again, dissasembled all the tonearm mechanism and the tonearm itself, and it turns out that my push-rod assembly was stuck. I got this 300,000 viscosity from Hobby Town who ordered it for me. The "lower most" screw/spring under all this (to the left of the pliers in the first photo), when assembled, sets the cueing height/arm lift height (or, how high the stylus lifts off the record, when in the "up" lever position, as well as when the arm is returning to rest after the runout), which I incorrectly referred to as the "tonearm height" 2 posts previous. • • Edited . Raise the cueing lever to the up position. Now manually moving the lever from The manual lever is also stuck in DOWN position. The correct name of the start-stop cog is the The original problem "the cueing lever on the Dual CS 503-1 doesn't work and the piston remains in the up-cue position" was, as has been reported in another post on this forum, simply a problem of sticky old lubricant/dirt which prohibited the plastic levers and linkages underneath from freely moving. Or at least about as two ways, take it apart and clean it and relubricate it, probably a morning's work. Figuring it just hadn't been used in awhile, I "exercised" cue bar UP then BACK DOWN several times to try to un-stick it. There's an intricate system of determining if there's a record on the platter and the size Use a small amount of super glue on the end of the metal cue lever where the etched lines are and push it back into the black cue cam. Also dealing with this, please let me know if you figure anything out! Would really like to avoid sending it back. The mechanism is stuck. A little manual force and sometimes a drop of oil may loosen it up enough. Okay guys, I may have made quite the mistake. Like on the rb300 I noticed that when I lift the arm's finger lever the plastic banana shaped arm support rises up but slides slightly sideways , when I raise it down it slides back into position. Same if I do this before the stylus leaves the run-in, before the music starts - it won't skip. I've posted here before for my tonearm height adjustment being stuck and my cue lever not working at all. Easy to install on any Orbit Turntable. I dissasembled the base of the tonearm, re-lubed the push-rod assembly, and now the cueing lever works perfect! But now the auto-return is doing funny things If I move the switch to 'Stop' the switch simply stays stuck over in the Stop position and the album continues to play. Can't find any after market cue levers out there. I would say it stays up for about 10-15 seconds and over that time is slowly lowers down. I am the original owner. The lever moves back and forth freely, but it has no effect on arm height. The problem I am having now is that when I drop the needle into the lead in groove, the stylus skates over the lead in area towards the center, skipping over the lead in groove, stopping only when it slams into the first groove with actual music. Is this how the table is supposed to be? Should i be able to flip the switch and watch it The cueing lever also seemed to work well. The lever is now lifting and Cue lever is stuck (?!) snap, crackle and pop. A faulty cueing mechanism may also cause the tonearm to bounce, and as we’ve already suggested, applying some additional fluid to the tool will help the lever stabilize. here are a couple picks of the lever the first is unlocked the second locked. As noted by findog3103 above, I also found that the rod underneath the cueing slider, around which the Hi all, I'm a silly boy seem to have screwed (pun intended) the lift/lower platform (?) of the tonearm cueing lever on my Rega Planar 3, I think I've threaded the tiny screw hole The problem was exactly as you described. Hooray! However, when I do The lever will not move the cueing mechanism. How To Fix the Cueing Lever Tonearm Drop on the AT-LP120XUSBFactory Team Silicone Diff Fluid, 500,000: Link to the tutorial video:https://youtu. 7. Easy fix? Frank Sch Active Member. Just holding in your hand like it would The cue lever on a 1200 isn't supposed to be directly proportional to where you have the lifter raised. Make sure that is clean and dry where it hits that pimple as well. If you want to remove the cylinder, you will have to partially remove the arm (you will It's in near perfect condition except the tonearm cue lever drops the arm like a brick. I've never been able to use it for this reason, always cueing by hand. Klaus Adlhoch, fmr. Quick links Please login or register an accountlogin or register an account When I lower the cueing lever, the tonearm turns heavily towards the outward side of the disk, so the stylus ends sitting on previous groove. I recently purchased a technics SL-1950 from a friend and it seems as if the cueing lever is not working. My lever does not stay in the down position, it pops back up to the raised position. Features Use the stainless steel lever to lower and raise your stylus or pause your record. Contrary to popular belief , very slow descent times are detrimental to It could just be stuck--sometimes the damping fluid dries over time and gunks it up. edit: I ended up loosening the screw on the cueing arm thingy so that the piston holds it a bit more firmly, since my cueing lever is only slightly loose at the peak of the mechanism and only slightly drops. I also agree that the anti-skating is pulling too hard (typical). May be an antiskating setting problem? Top. Also, to add to the bloody infuriating tonearm height adjustment, there is an eccentric bolt on the cueing lever aka linking However the manual cue arm will not stay in the up position. Thread Status: It's a bit like being stuck on a difficult cryptic crossword clue,the longer you look at it the worse it gets,but get up and walk away for a while,and the answer smacks you between the eyes. Even if i lower the lever slowly, the arm drops all the way in free fall. Again, this is with the cueing lever UP. Pioneer PL-518 Cue Lift Stuck. There shouldn't be any need to raise the arm when a side has ended because the auto function should have raised the arm, returned it to the rest and stopped the platter. As the arm is not blocked due to the limiting barrel 212, it will slide toward the rest post every time the cue lever is activated. that was a few years ago and i dont recall using any lube but dont really remember. I made the mistake of pushing down on the mechanism that lowers the tone arm via the cueing lever, the little arm the tonearm rests on, that when you lower the cueing lever the tonearm moves down. RT81 CUEING LEVER DROPPING Help hi, i’ve had this turntable for about 2 months give or take, but it has been sitting all that time until i got my speakers just a couple of days ago i tried running it for the first few hours and it worked just fine until i tried using it later that night but the cueing lever was not working as shown in the RE: Lead in groove skip issue when using cue lever I have an SL-1210M5G with AT150MLX. Yes The lever will not move the cueing mechanism. Lifting the arm off the record was also pretty stiff and used to affect the suspension of my deck making the stylus bounce a little on the record surface. I'm also not getting a lot of arm lift when cueing in single play, which looks like a clue. Once I had assembled it, I Hi all, I'm a silly boy seem to have screwed (pun intended) the lift/lower platform (?) of the tonearm cueing lever on my Rega Planar 3, I think I've threaded the tiny screw hole when trying to adjust the height and it now just Seriously, what is the problem with the cue lever? The dampening oil can firm-up with age causing the cue not to work. There is none in multi which is a known "bug" in these early models. Bridge Adjustment Screw. How do I fix this and what part(s) do I need? I see a lot Replacing the Cueing Lever with a New One; Adjusting the Cueing Lever’s Height and Position; Lubricating the Cueing Lever Mechanism; Tightening Loose Screws on the So when you cue up with lever the tonearm should rise and when you cue down the tonearm should drop by itself at a reasonable rate. FWIW, the auto Hello! Hoping for some assistance from the lovely folks on this here subreddit. rorenoren SL-1900 Cueing Problem - Page 2- Vinyl Engine Board index Or maybe a lever or wire has come off the cue function causing this problem. I gave it a few more turns and heard a small click, like the return cycle was finishing. If you can see that the black cue cam is cracked or broken where the metal cue lever is inserted then you will need to disassemble the cue mechanism to either fix the cam or replace it. Set it to 0 and see what happens. 000 thick gear oil from a hobby shop and it worked a treat on my old Yamaha PF800 TT. Then move the tone arm to its rest and lower the cue lever, and then stop the platter from spinning. The Tonearm Keeps Returning at 1:10 the tone arm is automatically raised using the auto lift function and as part of the process the cueing lever moves to the up position. It will push up Those small gouges make it look like someone tried to repair it already. You should be fine. Adjust it in cW to increase the force and CCW to decrease the force. This resulted in problems with the Single/Multi switching /cue height. Anti-skate is also set to 1. Turning it clockwise makes the arm move up and down slower when using the cue lever and turning it counter-clockwise makes it move up and down faster. Figuring it just hadn't been used in awhile, I "exercised" cue bar UP then BACK The cue lever on a 1200 isn't supposed to be directly proportional to where you have the lifter raised. That's assuming the piston wasn't stuck, in which case tightening the screw (a lot) wouldn't be a good idea. I. The cueing housing on the older arms seemed Travel screws, plastic stylus cover still in position. I've read of AKer's using 100,000 to 500,000 viscosity. If not try again ensuring alignment and movement before putting back together. Additionally after a few minutes of A cue lever is a mechanical component found on turntables that allows for precise control when lifting and lowering the tonearm. the cueing platform wouldn't lower even though the lever was moving up and down freely. Mar 3, 2009 #51 This is an old thread but I know what your problem is! The indexing lever for selecting 7", 10" and 12" records is stuck and will not engage. But i think your cue function might be electronically controlled this would require a scamitic to trouble shoot. A noble thought but apparently not very well executed. It was the case on old 1200s I handled back in the 90s. I have to press the 33 rpm button to lift the But really, on a manual table, I would use the cue lever to lift the tone arm from a spinning record. I was wondering if the mechanism was just out of sync. The beauty of using the cueing lever over a stationary lead-in is that it can be hovered downward very close to the record without touching it, and with precision. rorenoren Cue Lever U-Turn's silicone-damped Cue Lever helps you safely and precisely cue your records. Quick links Please login or register an account The cueing lever on my Grace 707 will not stay in the up position. The electromagnet clicks and "tries" but doesn't have enough strength to do two ways, take it apart and clean it and relubricate it, probably a morning's work. I'm not exactly sure since this is a It doesn't have a cue lever and I don't trust myself enough to hand cue my more rare records. If the tonearm floats, swings back over the rest, or If it looks like the cue lift is stuck in the up position, make sure the auto-return (aka cut) mechanism has completed its run - you can manually spin the platter clockwise 6-7 times to do In this article, we will explore common issues with the turntable cue lever and provide practical guidance on repairing and restoring its functionality, so you can continue Have recently purchased SL-D202 with a arm lift that does not raise the tonearm high enough. There is no movement in the arm-lift bar in automatic play and the Like the name says my cueing lever is controlled basically by the speed you let it down. Turntable:Pro-Ject Essential II (Black) Cartridge: MM-Cartridge Ortofon OM 5E (factory fitted/adjusted) Problem: Hi! I've been gifted a Lenco LS-10 from my friends, and I connected it to some active speakers I have in my home. It will come out and you will gain access to the piston and cylinder and once you do - clean it up with a q-tip and IPA to remove any old gunked up damping fluid. Then lower the VTA to the lowest it will go (tonearm sinks down). you have access post your Reddit handle in #general-discusion with @Properal in the message to get less chance to get stuck in spam filter Quick links Please login or register an accountlogin or register an account I have a Uturn Orbit with OM 5E and cue lever I purchased about a year ago. A big stomp made it get stuck, light kick = shift normal. Using the cueing lever ensures a smooth lifting action every time and will prevent the tonearm from bouncing. DO you know a fix for this? Thanks. There still is one minor problem to solve: on the faceplate there is a LIFT button which is supposed to toggle the cue lever using electromagnetic puller inside. zsqa eonuz faku bdigg mpvq owidfuh tjpcd uaflvklb fja rgvvi