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Cartridges & Super Glue?

Trekkie4

Trekkie4

Retired Member
Quite odd & terrifying thing happened to me earlier today...

As I was mounting back my Shure M94 on a headshell, the entire upper side, 1/2" mounts (aka "wings") detached itself from rest of the cartridge, leaving just the metal body with stylus hanging down from the wires.
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I remember someone here mentioning the same thing, from what I understand these things happen from time to time, but usually on much older carts... Few drops of super glue did the trick, and the mount is now back where it belongs (or at least I hope so)! But it left me with several questions & doubts about my DIY approach - how safe it is to keep using a cart that's been previously detached? Also, is there any way for super glue to interact with cart & affect its performance (by increasing the weight for example)?

I did my best not to apply too much glue & make it seem "factory", original. But it does raise the question of what would happen if the bond would break while playing a record, and how much damage would it cause to vinyl & cartridge itself? Guess I was lucky that it happened off the turntable which not only avoided any serious damage, but also made repairs a lot more easier.
 
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Trekkie4 said:
Quite odd & terrifying thing happened to me earlier today...


how safe it is to keep using a cart that's been previously detached? Also, is there any way for super glue to interact with cart & affect its performance (by increasing the weight for example)?

I did my best not to apply too much glue & make it seem "factory", original. But it does raise the question of

what would happen if the bond would break while playing a record, and how much damage would it cause to vinyl & cartridge itself?

Guess I was lucky that it happened off the turntable which not only avoided any serious damage, but also made repairs a lot more easier.
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The needle and cantilever being drag at an awkward angle across a pristine album.......

Who knows what kind of damage if any? :idea:
 
Indeed... I gave it a quick spin with Abba, and so far it seems to be playing fine. But then again I never had a situation like this before, would it make sense to keep on using the cartridge? Or to bin it entirely & focus on other ones?
 
Have had that with several old Shures. One of them was remounted in a paradox pulse with epoxy. Another received the super glue repair, good as new. Another is still sitting, detached from mount, in a little box. I dunno what I'm going to do with that cart but I think it's kinda cool that it detached, providing me with options. Had it happened while in play, well that would suck! So far I've had good luck in that regard.
 
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