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Dual 1219 help

ZR9B

ZR9B

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So I broke my 1219. The lever that lifts the back of the tone arm for singe play or stack.....now the arm is way stiff on right to left movement. So what part do I need to order and how difficult is the repair? I wish I would have left it in the stack position ! Thanks
 
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When a customer has a turntable with broken ears, I ask if he/she will ever stack records. If the answer is 'no', I offer a more economical fix than replacement of the dearing ring.
A bunch of thin spacers to lock the arm at the right height for single play work just fine.
 
Interesting.
Someone is now printing the plastic part of the metal part.
There is a problem here. While the same plastic part on the 1249 is a simple replacement job, as the shaft unscrews from the ring, NO SUCH THING ON THE 1219/1229[Q]].
Shaft is press-fit and the top is pointed to serve as bearing needle. No way for you to pull it apart without the right tools, if there are any right tools. Also, as we all know, printed parts are delicate. The little ears would last five minutes.
 
Well if the part is offered from Dualcan then it will last longer than 5 minutes. Even if some think they know it all. I agree that it would be a tough job to replace though.
 
Also: at least as of about a year and a half ago the Dualcan guy was rebuilding the tonearm assemblies himself and offering them as exchange.

Difficulty: I have a 1229 that I thought had this problem and was going to go down that road. When I got the thing apart enough to find that the problem was not in fact the dearing ring bit but a loose nut, I looked at all the parts that I had to disassemble to get to that point and decided I was in over my head anyway and packed it off to someone more experienced, figuring that he'd have a better shot than I at putting it back together and actually having it play music.
 
I do not plan on doing this surgery. There is a guy at northern vacuum that is real real good....I figured for $30 he could get it back to how it should be....if it doesn't work than I will have him shim it. I have talked with this guy a few times and he said he knows the dual very well ...he asked me if the thing was snapped before I snapped it.
 
That was the fine print on an email. Lol. Cancelled order.

Warning: Please note that the 3D printed products are intended for decorative purposes.
 
I wouldn't think that it would be more fragile than the plastic dearing ring it replaces.

That said, pot metal used on various assemblies on many turntables including Dual has pretty low shear and tensil strength vis a vis steel.


aj_chicago said:
Per Dualcan on VinylEngine: "These parts are printed in steel therefore are unbreakable!"
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What does it mean that the parts are printed in steel? Do they make computer printers that spit-out molten steel?
 
NoTransistors said:
When a customer has a turntable with broken ears, I ask if he/she will ever stack records. If the answer is 'no', I offer a more economical fix than replacement of the dearing ring.
A bunch of thin spacers to lock the arm at the right height for single play work just fine.
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Do the automatic functions still work?
 
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