You are welcome Matt. I do try to be thorough (it's my OCD, you see! ).Thanks Craig, informative as ever.
The deck is level, and you're right in that it seems as though the top position is too close to vertical to allow it to stay raised. A little upward pressure doesn't reveal any extra travel and still doesn't stay up with the arm on it. So it looks like a strip, clean and re grease is in order at least.
I've not re-wired an Alphason, however, IIRC, the internal wires are directly soldered to the external cable, rather than via the terminals within a moulded plug à la Rega. I've seen pictures which indicate that the arm cable is intended to be an interference fit with the inside of the arm pillar via the use of a rubber ring/washer. Certainly there existed no set screw hole so the cable should simply pull straight out. You will likely find that the length of cable that fits into the pillar has been shrink wrapped into a plug like shape with the rubber ring round that.Has anyone rewired one of these? I've not had it apart yet so excuse the laziness but how is it as standard, is it all one piece tags to RCAs or is there a din plug at the arm base? What is the best way to tackle it? I've done a few arms now and I'm not too worried about taking it on I just need to know the best way before hand so I can get the bits ordered.
It needs doing as it isn't in the best nick, the cart tag end has been resoldered more than once and gone a bit stiff/brittle, the phono connection on the left channel is a bit dodgy as well.
My experience of the 774 is that they used BA bolts.
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The heads of the cap bolts for mounting the socket should be underneath.
Just taken mine apart and thread dia is 2.86mm,thread length is 8mm,hex key is 2.4mm.
M3!