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Question posted by marksawyer on August 19th, 2022

Tone Arm Is Too Stiff.

On my P-450, the tone arm does not descend freely, no matter where the weights are. It is so stiff it just stays where I manually put it, up or down. The cuing switch is set to the down position, the tone arm will not descend until I push it down, then it stays there.

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on August 20th, 2022 12:53 PM

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See https://data2.manualslib.com/pdf3/78/7781/778058-yamaha/p450.pdf?29ba1ba033089dedf850e5d6b9fb189c, and review the third-listed Fault at page 11.

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