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Sansui SR-212 turntable - looking for replacement feet

jpreza

jpreza

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I have been restoring a Sansui SR-212 turntable. I noticed that the rubber feet and screws are missing. The technical manual calls for the following:

Insulator x4 (rubber feet) Part Number 5512090
Hex Nut M3 x4 Part Number 5110241
S-Type Washer 3o x4 Part Number 5121240

Rather than buying OEM parts, has anyone else used other rubber type product as replacements? I'm thinking something like rubber door stoppers that go on the wall may work.

Any ideas are welcome.

TIA....Joe
 
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First I have to qualify this with I don't know what your piece looks like and there might be better solutions. That said ( based on my assumption) the bottom of the TT has 4 theaded holes?
The original piece is a wide foot on a threaded stud and maybe a locking nut? To set level.
If I'm right so far, you can find many wide rubber feet with wide bottoms so screw head can sit up into with a washer. If you can match thread size, make up feet screw through washer through foot washer nut ( maybe lock washer nut or thread locker. Then you'd have feet with studs similar to originsl. If you show pics or describe more clearly what it is, maybe we can tweak the solution. If I'm way off or someone has a better idea please feel free to correct me.
 
Ok. You said any ideas are welcome so here goes.... I have a Technics SL-3 that is missing the feet. My bright idea is that I'm going to try air pump diaphragms, stuff them with cotton (or not) and then seal the bottom with some black duct tape (or not). Admittedly, the feet on this particular turntable are small. The diaphragms are made out of epdm rubber and are available in 4 sizes ( i ordered the largest) so they should be good. I have ordered them but haven't received them yet so it's still a work in progress. Of course it may not work and it may be a dumb idea but I'm gonna try it
 
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nj pheonix said:
First I have to qualify this with I don't know what your piece looks like and there might be better solutions. That said ( based on my assumption) the bottom of the TT has 4 theaded holes?
The original piece is a wide foot on a threaded stud and maybe a locking nut? To set level.
If I'm right so far, you can find many wide rubber feet with wide bottoms so screw head can sit up into with a washer. If you can match thread size, make up feet screw through washer through foot washer nut ( maybe lock washer nut or thread locker. Then you'd have feet with studs similar to originsl. If you show pics or describe more clearly what it is, maybe we can tweak the solution. If I'm way off or someone has a better idea please feel free to correct me.
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You are absolutely correct in your assumption. After looking again at the bottom of the TT, it appears that at some point the feet "broke" because there appears to be remnants of a screw thread, and the screw is part of the feet. To do a proper replacement, it appears that the whole TT must be disassembled to replace them feet.
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d.russell said:
Ok. You said any ideas are welcome so here goes.... I have a Technics SL-3 that is missing the feet. My bright idea is that I'm going to try air pump diaphragms, stuff them with cotton (or not) and then seal the bottom with some black duct tape (or not). Admittedly, the feet on this particular turntable are small. The diaphragms are made out of epdm rubber and are available in 4 sizes ( i ordered the largest) so they should be good. I have ordered them but haven't received them yet so it's still a work in progress. Of course it may not work and it may be a dumb idea but I'm gonna try it
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Not a bad idea. How tall are your rubber feet? Mine only need to be maybe 1/2" to 3/4" high, enough the clear the protruding part of the chassis on the bottom left corner. Let me know if they work and I may try that.
 
If you think about it, many? Most? TT’s have a simple solid style of rubber feet. Without inserting value into the restoration there are any number of after market feet available, some dirt cheap, some pricey.
But what really matters is what type you need to prevent any counter reverb/feedback, if at all? There’s a reason some of these newer style compounds like Sorbothane have a place in some systems.
Here are three different types of potential feet. Black solid type rubber from Lowes, just glue'em on, or two different sets of sorbothane, in this case, isolators which work the same as feet.IMG_20211127_101958_1280x960.jpg
 
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