Removing Tone Arm from Wurlitzer 1700

[gordo]

Hi Everyone,

I need to remove the tone arm from my friends Wurlitzer 1700.
For some reason I cannot fit a needle and I think the lugs (that the needle slides onto) may be bent or broken.
I think it best I remove it to inspect it properly.

Looking at the manual, It appears that if I remove the 'speed clip' that holds the gimbal in place,
the whole arm can be removed (after I remove the tone arm wire assembly plug).

It looks a simple job, am I correct?

The juke is not at my house, I'm just trying to be prepared beforehand. 

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Gordon...

[jukenorman]

Hi Gordon,
I'm not particularly familiar with these so you may be correct. On the later models there is a bracket with two screws to take the complete arm off. That same bracket is there on the 1700, you can see the lower screw here www.jukebox-world.de/Forum/Archiv/Wurlitzer/Wurlitzer1700.htm in the bottom picture.

Norman.

[gordo]

Thanks Norman,

That bracket looks like it holds the weight of the arm, it's not shown in my manual (section 11 page 85).

I'll let you know how I go.

Thanks
Gordon...

[gordo]

Hi Norman,

I finally got back to my friend's house.
It looks like he was pushing the needles in at an angle, and broke two as well as bending the retaining clip.

I gently installed a very old needle that I found, and it's working.
No need to remove the tonearm.

An easy fix in the end.

Cheers
Gordon...

[gordo]

Hi Norman,

As an update....

The jukebox started to lose clarity again so I had to revisit the tonearm problem.
The needle was again loose.

This is an old friend's jukebox who passed away a few years ago, so, I don't know what he had been working on.

I removed the tonearm, and I found that one of the connectors (that the Cobra needle pushes onto), was bent and pushed out towards the back.

It looked like he may have pushed a needle in at an odd angle and bent the connector.

I bent the connector straight (from the rear of the tonearm), and reinstalled a new needle and the tonearm, it now sounds pretty good.
I managed to obtain a new needle from Stamann Jukeboxes in The Netherlands.
These needles are pretty rare now.

Thanks for your interest.

Gordon.....

[jukeboxmarty]

Just a footnote: Victory Glass now has 97-1 Cobra cartridges back in stock again.