[Jukebox-list] AMI E120 procedure for aligning racks?

[dirksenj at bellsouth.net]

The mech rides on 2 guide rails, so if they are tight and the bushings are 
not worn out, it should not matter which direction the mech is traveling. I 
would check to see if the gripper is opening all the way everytime - the cam 
switches can cause problems here. Record diameter can vary as well - compare 
the ones that are dragging to others that aren't. Good luck,

Jim
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From: "Carmack" <jmc at sparksandarcs.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:22 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] AMI E120 procedure for aligning racks?


> Hey guys,
>
> Restoring an AMI E120 from a bunch of parts in boxes.  Got the mechanism 
> working fairly well, except for a couple of small gremlins.  One of the 
> gremlins that's plaguing me is the record rack alignment.  While scanning, 
> the gripper will drag on records inconsistently.   There seems to be some 
> slop in the mechanism that causes a drag in one direction to be perfect 
> alignment in the other.  Some "drags" make the records physically move in 
> the rack, but when the mech is stopped on that portion of the rack, 
> everything appears to line up perfectly, both vertically and laterally 
> when viewed from the side of the rack.  I've adjusted the bolts till I'm 
> blue in the face.  Is there a "proper" procedure for this?  The service 
> manuals don't seem to give any information on alignment except for 
> turntable-to-gripper.  I've noticed some of the AMI E's on Youtube do the 
> same thing as well.  Is this just a quirk of this series?  How do our wise 
> experts deal with this?
>
> Thank you!
>
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