Technics SL 1210 MK2 - Tonearm Complete Disassembly

In this episode, I completely take apart a stock Technics SL-1210 MK2 tonearm assembly.

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[jimovergaard]

I would love to see more technical teaching videos that are as good as this one. Youtube has done a great service in making no nonsense videos available and best stay out of anything that cannot be quantified. Thanks to Technics Haus.

[clnc]

Great video, now I know enough to take it to my vintage repair tech for service. They earn their $$ and I gladly pay it to be done right.

[Wheel]

Thanks for this . I have watched it a few times now and it has helped a lot. I am intrigued at how you have removed the bearings, they seem so fragile. I was wondering if they are glued or press fit. Online I found a mini bearing puller but its very expensive. On YouTube there is a guy repairing fishing reels using a nice little tool that works like reverse tweezers. I have some damaged ones to play with. You seem to have it down. It is a pleasure and an education to watch you work. 🙏❤️🙏

[JurassicTrance]

Once you've made it to the 10:00 minute mark with the tonearm tube/upper assembly removed from the base, would it be possible to remove/replace the headshell socket without the need to remove the tube itself from the bearings? I have one arm with a corroded tonearm socket that, while works fine (it does not rotates smoothly), I would like to replace with a flawless socket.

[iSirTaki]

Hey, with loosening those 2 screws at 18:42 is it possible to slightly adjust the cartridge alignment? My cartridge is hanging slightly to the right, so the needle is probably not full straight in the groove. i dont know why it is so, the 1210 is 2 years old and the tonearm has never seen any force. Thx!

[Loredrum]

great video many thanks. With what the parts of tonerarm should be lubrificated

[gordangordan]

What is the spanner size what you use for tonearm locking ring pivot screw, is that #10

[mrmilKymanmusic]

Sorry do you know any place where i can order only pillow? I bought a second hand 1210 mk2, and the top pillow had a hit... if i screw it proper it has issue... sorry for my english. And one more thing how do you remove the pillow without any demage? Thx... and awesome video, helped a lot. ;)

[BulletmanDoom]

The one thing I wanted to see and you disassembled it and reassembled it off camera, The gimbal pivot that's held in with the grub screw,

[dennismatana]

Thank you for your very very usefull video

[alexandertio]

Hello.. what size u shaped screwdriver did you use to remove the toen arm from the swivel base? Thanks

[instrumentalsofdao]

Nice! Someone in a forum told me that its close to impossible to recalibrate the tone arm bearings as good as from the factory. Is that true?

[sustabndn]

Are you kidding me? The ONLY part of this video i needed to see, your hands are out the frame of the camera! 🙏🏻✨

[giangvu]

Wow that's a whole lot of engineering!

[marvinmitt]

I keep coming back to this video as I can''t manage to remember which holes the cables feed through.

[djrichiet]

Be VERY careful assembling tonearm pivots, these need to be calibrated to <1μNm tolerance of 100μNm when setting the torque - Otherwise you will get tracking issues. Impossible to do using a screwdriver, you need a high precision torque driver.

[stedoppiah]

Ciao come hai fatto a togliere i due piccoli cuscinetti al minuto 15:28?

[T-ToneSWA]

13:16 What is the tool required to disassemble and assemble to tonearm pivots?

[jefframsey]

Is the antiskate set correctly in this video? I thought when the dial is set at 0 it should be touching the shaft from tonearm? This is opposite?

[TheologosD]

At 15:00 how do you unscrew the screw?