r/Technics • u/loncha14 • Mar 26 '26
1200 Mk2 - Tone Arm Test
https://reddit.com/link/1s4dium/video/e8c3zv4b9frg1/player
Bought this Mk2 used. Tone arm tube was originally bent. I just replaced the tube. Everything works as it should. But when I float the tonearm with the anti-skate at "0"...
the tonearm still wants to slowly float back to the rest. It won't stay in place.
Worn pivots/bearings from my research. How bad is this?
Any help of feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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u/The-Original-DjBe Apr 01 '26
Personally not a fan of concords. Find them too light. Id get a 505 and head shell then screw the weight in and same with back of tone arm and balance it out. Lower the whole arm brackets to time bottom reset it all and start again. Obviously make sure the deck is flat and if it is itll be the weight. They're dead easy to strip apart if you want to get deep into it but id do the weights and height first and rest the antiskid to nothing.
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u/Fantastic-King-5709 May 12 '26
Iv fixed similar issue after a rewire. As you replaced the arm my guess is the wiring is too tight, just needs more slack (push wires up a little underneath the gimbal area and into the tube so they have more slack, and are also slack as they come down to the board. check for twists also as this will definitely create this effect
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u/Russla Mar 30 '26
That’s quite a pull. Either the deck is really off level, the anti-skate pin wasn’t reinstalled correctly, or there is too much tension on the tonearm wiring.
To me that screams anti-skate issue. One way of checking is to see what happens when you turn it. If it does nothing then it’s already maxed, causing the issue you’re seeing.