Reject issue : Tone arm is scratching the discs while rejecting

Good day,

Here's a little question for you if you have a minute, and perhaps it may help others in the future :

When rejecting a disc, the tone arm of my Rock-ola 429 touches the disc. The needle scratches the disc and make that sound you do not want to hear when you care about your records ! The tone arm should certainly be elevated before moving but it is not happening.

I referred myself to the manual, I read about how to adjust the tone arm and how to adjust the reject limit but nothing on the issue.

Is it only a matter of adjusting the tone arm or is there anything I should be educated on ?

Thank you, great forum,
Jean

Jon, in this post the pic of a R-O mech shows the post that is part of the tonearm It is lifted by the ramp during a change cycle. That post can be adjusted by loosening the locknut and turning it one way, or the other.

But first check that the ramp has not been bent.

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Rob/NYC

Jon, in this post the pic of a R-O mech shows the post that is part of the tonearm It is lifted by the ramp during a change cycle. That post can be adjusted by loosening the locknut and turning it one way, or the other.

But first check that the ramp has not been bent.

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Rob/NYC

Hi Rob,

I lost track of this post sorry, I was trying to fix the spring issue ...

Where exactly should I be looking ? Were you talking about he post under the tonearm ?

There are several clear shots of the assembly here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROCKOLA-490-J ... 1580259553

Rob

Great pictures indeed.
Is the post you mentioned this one :


To answer to one thing you said, I do not see the ramp being warped.
Jean

Hi
yes that's the adjustment area you highlighted for the tone arm height
clones

Problem solved, thank you guys !

P.S.: And to complete the adjustment of the Tonearm (the landing and rejecting) this clip helped : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTlBOn_GswQ

Jean