Help Requested - Rega 250 arm resistance
A used NAD 533 with Rega 250 tonearm shows a curious fault. As the Grado cartridge tracks a record it begins to skip about 2/3 of the way across the full playable surface of the record. When picking up the arm I can feel a slight resistance to further lateral motion. This resistance almost feels inertial or hydrolic (hard to explain). I can "work around" the problem by loosening the arm assembly and rotating the whole tonearm unit clockwise so that the resisting part of the tonearms path lies beyond the grooves. This "fix" is cheating and I would be interested in any ideas from experts on the Rega (of which I am not!)
Adjusting wiring tension in Rega arm
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Originally Posted by JohnMichael
Do you know if the arm had been rewired? Sometimes the tension of the wiring harness can cause problems.
I do not have any information on a rewire except that reference was made to a new RCA plug but that does not directly point to a rewire. How do I adjust the tension on the wiring? It looks like there is a tiny set screw on the side of the threaded "pipe" the wiring comes out of, does that allow loosening the end cap and then releasing the wiring coming out of the base of the arm assembly? Is the wiring then rotated or given more slack inside?