B&O 8000 Base Removal

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Mattybang66 (archived2)
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Posted August 29, 2021 at 22:19 GMT
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Greetings fellow B & O members,
I bought a recent pair of B&O 8000s for almost nothing. One has a slight problem that I am going to attempt to fix myself, but first I have to get the base off. after unscrewing the main nut underneath the base, I discovered a brass insert around the threads of the post and in the base. The base will start to unscrew a few turns, but turns around the brass insert. After unscrewing a few twists, the base firmly stops and will not come off any further. I am afraid to force the base because I don’t want to screw up the inside threads of the brass insert. Should it just screw all the way off or am I missing something? These are MK1 I believe.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Mattybang66

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spassmaker
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Posted August 30, 2021 at 06:57 GMT
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Hi

 On YT is a video that shows how to disasseble the lower section of the Beolab 8000:

LINK:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgeyUhknUms

Kind regards

Christian

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Mattybang66 (archived2)
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Posted August 30, 2021 at 21:10 GMT
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Thanks Christian, 

Yes I have seen this video, but unfortunately it doesn’t solve my problem. I know to take the bottom nut off. The problem is the base will still not come off.

Thanks!

Mattybang66

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Mattybang66 (archived2)
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Posted August 30, 2021 at 21:10 GMT
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Thanks Christian, 

Yes I have seen this video, but unfortunately it doesn’t solve my problem. I know to take the bottom nut off. The problem is the base will still not come off.

Thanks!

Mattybang66

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Mattybang66 (archived2)
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Posted August 31, 2021 at 17:03 GMT
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Yea I’ll try that next. The post is fixed, but the base rotates around a brass insert that the post goes through. It’s either stuck or threaded. I can’t believe it should be this hard, so I’ll give it a couple of taps. Maybe I’ll check the other base first and see if it’s different. Also, it makes it easier if you remove the weight first as well…

Thanks for your input!

Mattybang66

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Mattybang66 (archived2)
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Posted September 4, 2021 at 19:20 GMT
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Thanks,

The base was just stuck on there. Couple of taps with my fist and it came right off.

Thanks again for your help.

Matt

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spassmaker
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Posted September 7, 2021 at 13:19 GMT
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You're welcome 👍

 

Hammer fist 😁

 

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