Does your Technics SL1200 arm still jump?

Folks, Jonathan here. This is a video going out to Beatport Junkie and anyone else who's in the same situation. Right, now then, have you set your Technics 1200 turntable correctly? But, is it still jumping? Have you got problems and the arms going all over the place? Right, this could be the answer for you. Now first of all, before you do anything, take off the cartridge and stylight. Very important. All you have to do is unscrew like so and remove that item. Now then, what you need to do then is take away the counterweight and how you do that is you simply unscrew it and move that off.

Now then, what I want you to do then is I want you to put two fingers on one side of the arm, two fingers on the other like so. Now then, I want you to then move from side to side like so. Now then, theoretically what should happen is nothing. That arm should stay positively... You can see in the centre there a very, very tiny screw. Now that screw on the other side of that is a very tiny point. Now that point is actually situated inside a bearing and of course in that bearing you've got tiny, tiny small ball bearings. Now then if that point isn't securely in, of course there's going to be movement, there's going to be give, but I must stress it mustn't be in too much. If it's in too much...

There won't be enough movement on this arm. Now, again, there's a happy medium. Now, I must stress this as well. If you're not happy with doing this sort of procedure, then please get professional advice, OK? Now, also what you need to check, especially if you bought a second-hand turntable, can you see where my finger is? Or if I have... Actually, I'll get this lollipop stick. There you go. You can see there a gap. Now, that gap there should be exactly the same. Thanks for watching, practice and enjoy.

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