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Posted by James Peterson (Member # 3793) on August 27, 2016, 01:08 PM:

Hi All
My back up machine is an EIKI SSL. It makes a couple of irritating noises:
The front arm clutch (not sure if that is what it's called) makes a scraping noise
And there is a mystery rattle on the other side.
Any Eiki owners experienced these noises? How do I fix? Picture and sound are perfect

I shot a quick video of the noises:
https://youtu.be/XN0Bk8dqeH0

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on September 04, 2016, 10:05 PM:

Have you tried lubricating that clutch. I notice in the video there is a mark on the wheel and when it is turning it coincides with the noise.

Posted by James Peterson (Member # 3793) on September 05, 2016, 08:47 AM:

Hi Pasquale,

I have not tried that yet-thanks! I will do that today and see if that fixes it.

Thanks again!

Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on September 05, 2016, 09:15 AM:

Read this.
http://16mmfilmtalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=34019&highlight=eiki

Posted by James Peterson (Member # 3793) on September 05, 2016, 09:31 AM:

Wow! That thread was perfect! I fixed the squeaky noise in the front arm clutch. It wasn't too hard to disassemble; just took a few pictures and aligned the notch on the shaft.

Hopefully a good cleaning will remove the slight noises in elsewhere

Working on the sound damper tensioner now! It moves in really slow like a turntable tonearm--it should snap.

Thank you to all for responding!

[ September 05, 2016, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: James Peterson ]

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