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Re: grease bearing?

Posted by ffrr (A) on April 19, 2007 at 02:38:51

In Reply to: What cartridge on a vintage Garrard 4HF? w/ heavy arm posted by PeterI on April 18, 2007 at 13:42:08:

Both mine are oil bearings, so it will be interesting if your really is a grease bearing. You are right that it's a 301 bearing though.

The tone arm is heavy all right. They way they balance it, is to take up most of the force in a big coil spring under the silver coin-slot side screw on the inside of the vertical bearing, and then use a lighter spring to make the fine adjustment using the coin slot screw on top.

I really think it needs to run at 6 grams or so with a cart that has little compliance. A Ronette ceramic/crystal cart works well in mine, and I use it to play 78s.

I also have an SME 3009 mounted along the back, and it works very well. Rumble is low, speed stability is good. The table really is quite usable, but needs a heavy plinth like all the Garrard idlers.

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