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SME V problem

I have a problem with the armrest on my SME V tonearm. It should stay in place but it doesn’t. It has always been a bit loose and has become worse. When I push the arm out of the armrest clamp, the whole armrest swings inwards. This happens also with the base screws tightened. I have to push the armrest back again to maintain the right position. Does anyone know a fix for this problem?
o_holter
o_holter OP
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It turns out that the solution is simply to tighten the two base clamp bolts even more. The SME V manual (p 17) says that "excessive tightening" should be avoided, but in my case it has to be very tight indeed to stop the armrest from moving.
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syntax
2,033 posts
 
Be careful ... The next step after "tight" is "broken" :-)
dover
1,165 posts
 
O holter - this is very odd. I've never had this happen. The arm rest from memory is clamped to the pillar with a cap screw ( just under the arm bearing housing ). If the whole arm is turning ( including both armrest, bearings and pillar etc, then it is the base screws. If it is only the arm rest turning then it has nothing to do with the base screws.
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