infact i dont use them at all.to the cost of a few of my cantilevers over the years:( Personally i dont like slow cues.lifes too short :). so the best i can do is to try and strip the unit with as few marks as i can do. Yes u are correct i normally can do this sort of repair invisably on the later sme armsīut with the early sme units they locktightet the big nut unit shut.and in the factory they just grabbed the lock nut with plyers to release it- and renewed it with a new nut after the old unit was disfigured He's good at what he does, and fixed my Signet xk-35 readily. Otherwise, have you tried our own engine friend Audio Origami? He might have worked on one of these before. Perhaps the best advice would be to request service from SME themselvess. Maybe sme can assist with a replacement?īauzace50 wrote:Congratulations on your original model SME 3012! Beautiful setup. Therefore, I would say refilling these things is not an option.

The job is a complete success and you'd never say there was a problem before. I removed the irregular shaped mounting plate for the lift and wrapped some layers of masking tape around it for protection and very carefully placed the plate in my milling machine's vise and milled the hole bigger to 13mm dia, to fit the new lift. I had some spare cylinders complete but all were 1mm bigger in dia. Next, I cleaned all out and used sme's own clear silicone damping fluid, which worked after a fashion but later started seeping out where the cue lift enters the cylinder.įinally, I did the unthinkable. This didn't work, even though I got all the air bubbles out, but it was still too fast in the dropdown. This gave me an opening big enough to inject heavy transmission oil into it with a syringe. I did not want to remove it for fear of leaking but eventually succeeded in removing the cue lever itself, without damage. The widget was a one-piece cylinder with a plastic stopper at the underside. This lift wasn't completely empty but was moving up and down far too fast.

Nice setup you have here! Sadly, I cannot give you advice on this one as I've had the same troubles with my Grace G727 arm for months.

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