The Mike New Technics Bearing

[Mike_New]

Hi Folks,
In the spirit of co-operation and sympathy I would just say that from my calculations, the customs charges are actually the 20%VAT you poor sods have to pay in the UK.
In OZ we do not pay any charges on goods stated to be less than A$1,000.00 although this may change in the future.

The Installation Instructions for my Bearing were initially reviewed by a former AF pilot
now working in opperations command who put forward some ideas.
If any of you have further suggestions then I will happily incorporate them.
However I think that if you read them through carefully two or three times you will find that it is not hard at all.

[nickbaba]

Hi Mike - I wasn't being critical of the instructions, they are clear and well laid out. Its more my own cack-handedness I'm worried about!

Thanks for the tip about trimming the wires/solder points, Robbie. I'm sure that will help when I reach that step of the process.

[MartinT]

It's not difficult, guys, if you observe the following:
- Use a nice large table not dedicated to any other activity
- Have lots of light
- Place all removed screws in a logical series of piles so that you can reverse engineer it
- Never pull the connectors off by holding the wires, grab the casing with tweezers and lever out gently
- Be extra careful to observe Mike's section on snipping the extended wires on the PCB so that they don't foul
- Reassemble carefully and check all connectors are replaced
- Check clearance from the big cap on the PCB to the underside of your chosen platter

Most important of all, don't rush!

[MikeMusic]

Looks like I'm in for £83 !

[nickbaba]

Hi guys... a little advice here, please? I'm stuck at the first hurdle...

"Carefully remove the three plugs attached to the cable forms from the main circuit board."

How is this done?

Do the black clips come completely off the circuit board? (e.g. the entire black plastic part)
Or do the black bits with wires attached pull out of the plastic part that is attached to the PCB? If so, how do they disconnect? Pull upwards or horizontally backwards?
Mine are not giving at all, even with quite a lot of pressure... they feel like they are going to snap off the PCB before anything moves...

Help!
Don't want to cause any damage...

Thanks.

[kininigin]

Hi guys... a little advice here, please? I'm stuck at the first hurdle...

"Carefully remove the three plugs attached to the cable forms from the main circuit board."

How is this done?

Do the black clips come completely off the circuit board? (e.g. the entire black plastic part)
Or do the black bits with wires attached pull out of the plastic part that is attached to the PCB? If so, how do they disconnect? Pull upwards or horizontally backwards?
Mine are not giving at all, even with quite a lot of pressure... they feel like they are going to snap off the PCB before anything moves...

Help!
Don't want to cause any damage...

Thanks.

Go to around 6mins in and you will see how they come out.Hope this helps!!

Looks like I'm in for £83 !

They seem to make it up as they go along.So between 3 people we have Stephen pay nothing,Mike paid £83 and i paid £54.Bit of a joke really methinks!!

[Mike_New]

Hi Nick,
They should slide out horizontally, some may have moulded-on clips that you need to depress before pulling outwards.

[MikeMusic]

Go to around 6mins in and you will see how they come out.Hope this helps!!



They seem to make it up as they go along.So between 3 people we have Stephen pay nothing,Mike paid £83 and i paid £54.Bit of a joke really methinks!!

Joke's on me this time
Sounds much like customs the world over

[nickbaba]

Hi again guys - well, I had a go at it... all went well, got the bearing installed, replaced & levelled the platter etc
however, when I went to spin some vinyl I could instantly hear a serious pitch wobble, up and down like an old wonky tape...

any ideas what could be causing this?

could i have damaged the motor coils? and if so, would that result in a similar effect?

help! I've got a bad feeling about this... knew I shouldn't have gone anywhere near it...

[MikeMusic]

Hi again guys - well, I had a go at it... all went well, got the bearing installed, replaced & levelled the platter etc
however, when I went to spin some vinyl I could instantly hear a serious pitch wobble, up and down like an old wonky tape...

any ideas what could be causing this?

could i have damaged the motor coils? and if so, would that result in a similar effect?

help! I've got a bad feeling about this... knew I shouldn't have gone anywhere near it...

Best of luck Nick
Hope someone can help
Keep us posted
Doubt I will try to fit mine after this unless there is better news