Chris.
I am so happy you have got it sorted😁
I bet you feel a great sense of achievement. Glad I was of some help.
Enjoy!

Andy T.

Here is a picture of the little brass pin that needs freeing. as original picture is missing.
This photo' is actually from Martin, not me.
Good luck Craig🙂

Thanks Andy, it is now working. All it needed was a bit of oil working in to it. No need to clean any of the old stuff out.

Craig🙂

Thanks for this!!  Just brought a Beogram 1600 back to pristine life using this fix.  🙂

The pin was reeally stuck down so for any others...just let the oil do it's work.  I let mine sit for about 30 minutes working with the pliers about every 5.

Great news.  Thanks for the feedback😁 Oh, and welcome to Beoworld!

Andy T.

Hi All ! I am Rob from the Netherlands and also recently bought an older 1902. Now I've been reading this threat with much interest.

Mine Beogram played quite well right away but the acryl innerwork of the pitch control was a wreck ! I managed to fix it fortunately.

Also I gave the brass pin a drop of sowing machine oil, it was moving up and down a little heavy.  Also replaced the side panels (usually woodveneer this model originally white, but in misserable state) I still kept an old 1100 from 1976 that belonged to my father.

Now it played very nicely last two weeks on a almost new Cambridge phono preamp, also a second hand. I realy

Hi All ! I am Rob from the Netherlands and also recently bought an older 1902. Now I've been reading this threat with much interest.

Mine Beogram played quite well right away but the acryl innerwork of the pitch control was a wreck ! I managed to fix it fortunately.

Also I gave the brass pin a drop of sowing machine oil, it was moving up and down a little heavy.  Also replaced the side panels (usually woodveneer this model originally white, but in misserable state) I still kept an old 1100 from 1976 that belonged to my father.

Now it played very nicely last two weeks on a almost new Cambridge phono preamp, also a second hand. I realy love the vinyl sound !

Now a small problem becomes noticable, the arm works great, lowers and rises quickly, but at the end of the lp the stylus seems to drag (very little though) over the grooves of the lp. Is the arm returning to fast or is it the lifting that cause this ??

Hope to hear from the experts soon !

Best regards,

Rob

Btw Beovirus stikes again, bought an old 1900 and a newer 2000 beogram as well !

Hi there, it is quite silent here !

Robberth wrote:

Now a small problem becomes noticable, the arm works great, lowers and rises quickly, but at the end of the lp the stylus seems to drag (very little though) over the grooves of the lp. Is the arm returning to fast or is it the lifting that cause this ??

What begun with a little drag is now a FULL DRAG across the record after it played ! 😉 

A quote from Andy T. earlier in this threat : 'When you first try it, put a rubbish LP on. A common fault with this model means that at the end of play, it doesn't lift the arm and drags it across the record. It's an easy fix though.'

How can I fix this ???

Thanks.

Rob

Problem is solved meanwhile ! I have again applied one drop of sewingmachine oil on the brass lever pin and sofar the mechanism is again working properly. The arm however returns a bit nervous to its resting position. Wonder how that could be solved.

I own also a type 1600, from 1979 (on the motor !) That model is clearly a lighter version, platter and chassis. It has however a better contact piece near the brass pin and modified spring under the arm base instead of under the long channel. Shame tthough that the stylus was vanished from the cantilever (mmc10e) !

Rob  

Thanks so much for the info posted here. I found a BeoGram 2400 with an almost brand new, still in case MMC4000, but the lift was stuck as well. With a little bit of prying, and some oil, I got it fixed without any dissasembly other than removing the bottom. The brass pin is a little scuffed up, but other than that, it seems to be working fine.