frankiebull
Active Member
Picked up a Pioneer Pl-71 at a garage sale a few days ago with an unusual problem. The tone arm and rest were loose and wobbling around. I was able to fix these with a nut and washer under on bottom side of tone arm rest and disassembling the pivoting mechanism and reassembling correctly. Luckily the two bearings were still there and in good shape.
When I went to test it, it only played through the left channel. After looking everything over I found that one of the spring loaded contact pins in the tone arm collar was pushed in too far to make contact. Is there any way to get in there to repair? There is a tiny screw on bottom of tone arm near the collar but removing it doesn't seem to do anything. Can this be fixed or should I just keep my eye open for a replacement tone arm?
When I went to test it, it only played through the left channel. After looking everything over I found that one of the spring loaded contact pins in the tone arm collar was pushed in too far to make contact. Is there any way to get in there to repair? There is a tiny screw on bottom of tone arm near the collar but removing it doesn't seem to do anything. Can this be fixed or should I just keep my eye open for a replacement tone arm?