Hi everyone, I have got a thorens TD160 with a original tonearm
but sadly bent at the rear part, should anyone has the same experience and tell me what can I do, to find another thorens tonearm in HONG KONG is quite difficulty.
I perfer to disassembly it and re-straight it.
Thanks,
CHOW
but sadly bent at the rear part, should anyone has the same experience and tell me what can I do, to find another thorens tonearm in HONG KONG is quite difficulty.
I perfer to disassembly it and re-straight it.
Thanks,
CHOW
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What can I do to a bent tonearm
Hi Chow
This looks like a nice enough arm to have a go at fixing. The armtube looks like a thinwall alu tube?
Depending on how the armwires enter the armbase (by plug and socket or directly), you'll have to remove the complete arm from the tt. Once this is done, remove the armweight. Is there a spiral grooved plastic stub for the weight at the back? If the stub is hollow, there'll be a selftapper inside to remove the stub. There should be 5 wires in the armbase: red, green, white and blue and a 5th, which should be black, connecting the armbase to the armtube itself.
Once you have removed the arm from the tt, removed the weight stub etc, try to post more pics like the esteemed pinkmouse suggested, so we can assist you further.
Whatever will have to happen, the armwires will have to be removed from where they could get damaged. Most likely, the armtube will also have to be removed from its pivot. With a little bit of luck, a tube bending spring could be inserted and the bend carefully pressed in a soft jaw vise or a lathe headstock chuck for better trueing.
Good luck
bulgin
Hi Chow
This looks like a nice enough arm to have a go at fixing. The armtube looks like a thinwall alu tube?
Depending on how the armwires enter the armbase (by plug and socket or directly), you'll have to remove the complete arm from the tt. Once this is done, remove the armweight. Is there a spiral grooved plastic stub for the weight at the back? If the stub is hollow, there'll be a selftapper inside to remove the stub. There should be 5 wires in the armbase: red, green, white and blue and a 5th, which should be black, connecting the armbase to the armtube itself.
Once you have removed the arm from the tt, removed the weight stub etc, try to post more pics like the esteemed pinkmouse suggested, so we can assist you further.
Whatever will have to happen, the armwires will have to be removed from where they could get damaged. Most likely, the armtube will also have to be removed from its pivot. With a little bit of luck, a tube bending spring could be inserted and the bend carefully pressed in a soft jaw vise or a lathe headstock chuck for better trueing.
Good luck
bulgin
If possible, strip the arm down so that you just have the tube. Plug one end and fill the tube with moist fine sand. Pack it in there good. Plug the open end. Now you can bend the tube without fear of crimping it. I have used this method on tubing successfully several times.
Hi,
I have strip the tonearm and find an arm tube like this,
I manage to make it quite straight and assembly the whole thing, it now play LPs well, but can any one tell me where can I get a 50Hz motor pulley for the TD160 because I get one TT with 117v 60Hz motor, how stupid I am.
Thanks
CHOW
I have strip the tonearm and find an arm tube like this,
I manage to make it quite straight and assembly the whole thing, it now play LPs well, but can any one tell me where can I get a 50Hz motor pulley for the TD160 because I get one TT with 117v 60Hz motor, how stupid I am.
Thanks
CHOW
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You could try Phonosophie in Germany: http://www.phonosophie.de/International/ePulley.html
Thanks a lot,
About the tube I think I can get a replacement from a badminton racket shaft. But I don't know how to detach those parts attached to the tube.i.e. the part to join the head shell, the part to form the vertical bearing. Can anyone here show me how to strip it.
Best regards,
CHOW
About the tube I think I can get a replacement from a badminton racket shaft. But I don't know how to detach those parts attached to the tube.i.e. the part to join the head shell, the part to form the vertical bearing. Can anyone here show me how to strip it.
Best regards,
CHOW
I need help
Hi,
As suggested, I strip the whole tone arm, and found where the tube was bent, and I want to replace the tube with a badminton racket shaft, at the meantime I don't how to detach the sleeve-the one where the pivot locate and the signal thread come out from the tube as well as the adaptor where the head shell attach to the tube. Can anyone show me how to safely detach these parts and then I can diy anthor one to make my TT sing.
Thanks,
CHOW
Hi,
As suggested, I strip the whole tone arm, and found where the tube was bent, and I want to replace the tube with a badminton racket shaft, at the meantime I don't how to detach the sleeve-the one where the pivot locate and the signal thread come out from the tube as well as the adaptor where the head shell attach to the tube. Can anyone show me how to safely detach these parts and then I can diy anthor one to make my TT sing.
Thanks,
CHOW
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