Zeta tonearm strip down and bearing change.

[337alant]

im sure chromed balls are more than acceptable.

Agree, but do get a precision bearing
Geoffs idea of magnetisation is a good one and can easy be demagnetised after installation

On the subject of Vaseline it melts at body temperture 37C so couldn't you use a hair dryer to melt it? or just use grease and remove with meths or alcohol

Alan

[DSJR]

Very late reply..

Before anyone else wants to risk messing up or even destroying their rapidly value appreciating Zeta arm, I remember Mike Harris (http://www.britishaudio.co.uk/rewire.htm) as being able to properly help with Zeta bearing rebuilds - the early bearings were troublesome I was told. Mike was also one of the very few people outside of Rega with the special custom torque tools to PROPERLY rebuild and reset reset the RB300 (and upwards) bearings. Worth checking with him if he still offers assistance, as it's many years since I was there and saw Zeta arms there waiting bearing replacements and re-wiring...

[karma67]

yes if you not confident doing it yourself always go to an expert.
i should point out mine went off to a so called expert for a re wire and bearing check,the excessive horizontal play in the bearings was totally missed hence why i did it myself. nothing was destroyed or damaged.

[maxpalat]

Hello there,
I saw your post on Zeta Arm repair but photos were not visible.
Could you gently send them for me?
I have a problem with anti skating control ( wheel? spring?) concerning arm descend to disc: often occurs a kind of arm floating that prevents a correct vinyl lecture.
Any advice for this kind of malfunction?

Best regards
Massimo

[02GF74]

As above, is there any chance you could either send the photos to me or are able to put them on another photo hosting website?

I think the photo hosting website I have used still in the past is working and free so I could redo your first post with photos or compose a Word document ..... goes off to check if photo hosting site is still running ....