I think everything is sorted out now. It just needed to be played a bit I guess. It's been fitted with a AT 95E btw, and it plays VERY nice!
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I'm having a new problem though, I replaced the "steuerpimpel" with a coax cable inner insulation - worked perfectly! But now sometimes it just suddenly moves the arm over the whole album before putting down the needle (on the label...) and then just retracts and stops.
To be more specific:
Push Play -> Arm lifts up, goes perfectly over to the lead-in groove -> waits a second, then suddenly moves all the way to the center -> needle down (on label) -> arm lifts up again, retracts to the arm holder, lowers and shuts off.
This happens less than 1 out of 5 times. Could it be that my new "steuerpimpel" is worn down uneven, or maybe it's too long? It did work perfectly for 4 weeks (used every day).
I'm thinking that the new "steuerpimpel" was a bit soft to begin with, but has now hardened after some use. But in this process, some dust from the coax insulation ("steuerpimpel") has covered the friction area, which I think maybe could create problems?
I opened the Dual and cleaned this area. I could see that the steuerpimpel (which can spin freely) had a uneven wear, but seemed harder now as it's been used (which is good).
Atm. I haven't gotten the problem after I cleaned the friction area. It could be that the steuerpimple is a tad to high. If it continues, I'll try to sand it down 0.5mm (or less) and see if this sorts out the problem, and report back to you with the current length of the "steuerpimpel".
