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Pioneer PL-518 feet repl. suggestions?

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Does anyone have a suggestion for replacement feet for a Pioneer PL-518? I checked eBay and found a PL-518, whose seller reported the feet were replaced with those from Sony PS-LX TT but when I found a pic of those feet, they don't look like they would work on the 518. Also, I need an overhang gauge for the 518 and again, found nothing. Any ideas?
 
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On my pioneer 518 I took and removed the rubber and spring from the original feet, and then found pet-sized tennis balls and cut some holes in the bottom so they'd fit deep inside the stock plastic feet. I then siliconed the tennis balls to the feet, drilled a hole through the middle to put the factory screw in, painted the tennis balls black.. and had myself four feet.

The description sounds really cheezy and a crappy cobble job, but they surprisingly looked nice. I wish i would have taken a picture before I sold it to the record store I frequent. The table is still there, and the owner of the store has it sitting right by his cash register.
 
Hi there- I used Puma Cat's furniture cup/wooden ball idea on my Pl-518 outlined here:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=206743

I haven't tried the board/innertube yet but the cups with wooden balls works great and the resulting height using his suggested sizes is perfect to allow enough clearance for the steel plate on the bottom of the 518.

The weight of the deck with these make a solid, yet very vibration resistant setup. :yes:

Got the cups from Amazon and the 1" balls from the craft store (Michaels).

Good luck with whatever you decide. :thmbsp:

Brian
 
Toby- that is a brilliant idea as well! :tresbon:

I like that you were able to retain the original plastic and maintain a fairly stock look...
 
tobyj17 said:
On my pioneer 518 I took and removed the rubber and spring from the original feet, and then found pet-sized tennis balls and cut some holes in the bottom so they'd fit deep inside the stock plastic feet. I then siliconed the tennis balls to the feet, drilled a hole through the middle to put the factory screw in, painted the tennis balls black.. and had myself four feet.

The description sounds really cheezy and a crappy cobble job, but they surprisingly looked nice. I wish i would have taken a picture before I sold it to the record store I frequent. The table is still there, and the owner of the store has it sitting right by his cash register.
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Sounds interesting. I'd like to see a pic of that sometime. Thanks
 
The issue I always wonder about with the PL-518 feet is the springs. It's not that the feet are just there to lift it up, the springs in the feet are the suspension for the entire table and are therefore critical.

Some of the less expensive Technics tables also have feet with springs in them. But the Technics feet don't stand tall enough to raise the table above the metal pan that houses the motor.

So you know what I did? There are holes in each corner of the metal pan. I took some spring-loaded feet from an old Technics parts unit (an SL-23 in this case) and threaded the bolts of the feet through those holes. It sits a bit higher than it used to, and the overall base footprint is smaller. But it's sitting up on springs like it's supposed to be.
 
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