cccrchairman Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Hi, Welcome to my first trip out to the stereonet crease. Bring on the chin music. I am hoping someone here can help me with this tonearm. The stub end does not appear to match any other 3009 S2. The stub end connects to arm via rod as shown and bushing inside stub end. The rod appears to be fixed to the arm. I am reluctant to put to much force to try and screw off or pull. If anyone advise on this it would be greatly appreciated. I am looking to get this arm up and running and working out what is going on here has me beat. Cheers, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussievintage Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 As it happens, I have an similar SME in need of repair. I just took this photo for you to compare. The stub is quite different. I think yours may not be a genuine SME stub. As you can see, some plumbers tape has been wound onto mine as a makeshift 'fix' for the perished rubber bush. The rod seems tightly fixed on mine as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussievintage Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I just realised why your stub looked familiar. It looks like the retaining shield from a Weller replaceable tip soldering iron! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccrchairman Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Thanks for the comments. From the looks of it the stub end is not stock. Is it correct that the stub end is a push fit to internal bushing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mac Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Yes, it's a push fit. There are two hard rubber bushings to support the stub end: http://www.smetonearms.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_10&products_id=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussievintage Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, cccrchairman said: From the looks of it the stub end is not stock. Like I said. It looks like a part from a Weller soldering iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mac Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 17 minutes ago, aussievintage said: Like I said. It looks like a part from a Weller soldering iron. It does indeed - nice pick-up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccrchairman Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 Many thanks Pete for link above. Alfred was very helpful in getting this tonearm back into the game. As well as a tail stub I needed main counterweight, wayrod, rider weights and ran with new coupling rubbers and bed plate grommets. Not a cheap exercise but definitely a bonding one with the sme 3009. If anyone is interested I have a Weller soldering iron retaining shield surplus to requirements and going cheap. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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