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Recently I noticed that when I press << < to cue the tonearm, I hear and feel the carriage assembly rub against something at one specific point, approximately halfway over the record. When I opened up the table to see if I could identify the problem, the first thing I noticed was a thin rectangular piece of plastic (tape?) that appeared to have moved out of its original position and was now partially hanging off. Here's a picture of the piece and it's location.
Does/did this piece of plastic serve any purpose?
Yes, it helps the dustcover lid mechanism slide when it opens and closes.
Regarding the rubbing sound, make sure your Beogram suspension locks are all released and that the three suspension points move freely (and are actually attached). Is this a recently acquired turntable you purchased or is it a turntable you have had in good working order previously? The reason I ask is because if you bought it used then there are a lot of unknowns about its maintenance history.
-sonavor
Interesting. It seemed too random to just be stuck there for no reason. So just reattach it with a strong adhesive, I assume?
I've had the table for quite a while, and it's in good working order (except for one thing that I'll be posting about separately). The suspension locks are fully released and the hooks are connected and working properly with the leaf springs. Given the location of the plastic rectangle and how it had slipped down, I'm pretty certain this was what was interfering with the travel of the tonearm.
Here are a couple of pages from a repair thread I posted about four years ago. The referenced pages here and here show the replacement of that plastic piece. I cut a new rectangle from a product called Dura-Lar that I bought at an art supply store. It is very strong yet thin. I also use it for shimming speakers when I refoam them. If you found the original plastic piece down where the tonearm assembly travels then it likely was the source of the problem. The old plastic piece looks a little warped. Will it lay flat? If it won't I would definitely replace it with something like Dura-Lar.
Thanks for the links to your thread The original plastic piece should work fine once I remove the old adhesive; it was causing the twist you noticed. But that's good to know about the Dura-Lar.