Beogram 4002 Tone Arm Won’t Drop

[Guy Dahlke]

I recently bought a Beogram 4002 and everything works great but the tone arm will not drop. I adjusted the balance weight as much as possible and it is close but there is still not enough force to drop. I have a small washer taped to the tone arm now which provides just enough weight for it to drop. Is there something I’m missing to help it drop?

[Mark-sf]

The 4002 employs both static (weight) and dynamic (spring) tracking force adjustments. With the dial at 0 you need to adjust the rear counterweight using its screw so the arm floats with 0 tracking force. Then the knob should apply the specified force by adjusting it to your cartridge’s requirement.

[Guy Dahlke]

Thats amazing, works perfectly now. Thanks for helping this rookie out.

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