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Technics SL-1300 mk2 tonearm slams into platter

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sepehrfarz

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I have recently acquired a SL-1300 mk2 turntable. It was all jammed up and was plugged into 220v. I gave it to a technician of sorts and he said he fixed it and there was a broken piece that he "fixed" somehow (I guess it was the infamous cue lever mechanism part). this is my first turntable so I'm not really that experienced. I have 2 problems

- when I play start the tonearm slams into the side of the record goes to start position, comes back to the record but settles just outside of the record.
-When I put the tone arm on the record manually, everything is ok until in reaches the last 1/3 of the record then suddenly pulls inward into the spindle. even when anti skating is put at maximum

My cartridge is an Ortofon super OM with suggested 1.5g weight. I have fully adjusted the tone arm height, weight balance, cartridge is aligned. turntable is level.
 
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sepehrfarz said:
I gave it to a technician of sorts and he said he fixed it and there was a broken piece that he "fixed" somehow (I guess it was the infamous cue lever mechanism part).
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Your "technician of sorts" did not do a thorough job. The turntable will need to be disassembled and repaired properly.
 
Thanks for the response. I'm finding it hard to find good resources... I live in middle east and there isn't anyone good here that I know.
I guess I have to do this myself but I don't know what i'm facing here
 
I don't know what to tell you except that if you do try and do it yourself, you will need a dedicated work bench so that you can take your time dismantling it and lay out the parts in an organized fashion.

You will need to take photographs along the way so that you have a record of how to reassemble it. Maybe even a video.
 
Thank you so much. unfortunately there isn't much data available online to help me.
i'm fully ok with using it manual but I don't know why the skating happens. any idea? (my second problem)
 
I repaired the cuieng mechanism of a 1300 MKII. It took a couple of hours and I had never done it before. I found nothing online to help much and if someone asked me how I did it, I would not be able to explain it to them. This is not something that someone can simply tell you what to do, you are just going to have to dig in to it.
 
One culprit is the oil for queuing gets gummy over the years and needs replacing
Another thing is cleaning the gummy grease around the whole mechanism under the tone arm
Also there are a couple springs that could be an issue
As mentioned join vinyl engine and get manual
Here’s one of many videos to show the inside
 
needforspeed said:
One culprit is the oil for queuing gets gummy over the years and needs replacing
Another thing is cleaning the gummy grease around the whole mechanism under the tone arm
Also there are a couple springs that could be an issue
As mentioned join vinyl engine and get manual
Here’s one of many videos to show the inside
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I just downloaded the manual.
some technical questions. what kind of oil/grease should I use? Is there something that I should use to clean gummy grease?
 
Good luck. Go slowly, never force anything. The satisfaction you will get when you get it to work properly is a feeling that money cannot buy.
 
bkatbamna said:
Good luck. Go slowly, never force anything. The satisfaction you will get when you get it to work properly is a feeling that money cannot buy.
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...and if it could, few of us could afford the price tag....;)

As others have said, go slow, be organized, and take a lot of reference pictures and notes during the disassembly process. Take the time to try and see how each mechanical part works with those with which it interfacss prior to each disassembly step.

Cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting can all be repeated if mistakes are made....no worries. Don't force things...breaking parts results in MUCH more difficult situations.
 
MuseChaser said:
...and if it could, few of us could afford the price tag....;)

As others have said, go slow, be organized, and take a lot of reference pictures and notes during the disassembly process. Take the time to try and see how each mechanical part works with those with which it interfacss prior to each disassembly step.

Cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting can all be repeated if mistakes are made....no worries. Don't force things...breaking parts results in MUCH more difficult situations.
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That's the scary part for me. I have some knowledge of 3d printing and 3d scanning. I will try to replicate the cue lever if possible. I love this device very much as my grand dad bought it when he visited US in the 80's or early 90's. I try to make it work.
 
malden said:
Are you referring to the internal white plastic mechanism ?
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yep. I was told some thing plastic was broken and it got "fixed". doubt he did a good enough job...
after searching for it I saw there was a ton of comments on this specific TT that the cue lever mechanism fails a lot...
 
sepehrfarz said:
yep. I was told some thing plastic was broken and it got "fixed". doubt he did a good enough job...
after searching for it I saw there was a ton of comments on this specific TT that the cue lever mechanism fails a lot...
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That's what I repaired for my 1300 mkII. When you get to that point, I can share how I repaired it with you.
 
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