Mitsubishi Electric MC-8000 Service Manual page 4

MC-8000
DISASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS.....
1. Removal of Shaft
1) Remove the platter clamping nut with the supplied
wrench and dismount the platter from the body.
2) Remove the bottom cover of the set.
3) Disengage the belt from the fly-wheel.
4) Remove the screw and washer (Fig. 1) fixing the fly-
wheel.
Flywheel
Screw
Washer
Fig. 1
6) Remove the shaft's E-ring (Fig. 2). The shaft will come
off toward your side.
Shaft bearing
shaft
Fig. 2
2. Removal of Turntable Unit
1) Take off the platter and the rear cover.
Clockwise direction
ey t
Holder \ sé
Counterclockwise
direction =.
p B
Ca
Fig. 3
3) Unscrew the four fixing screws D for the metal C
located on top of the shaft. (Refer to Fig. 4.)
4) While slipping the wire, move the tonearm to a point
close to the center shaft.
5) Now, from the chassis side (rear panel), remove the five
fixing screws F . (Refer to Fig. 5.)
Turntable Section
Screw D
Front view /
Fig. 4
Screw F
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Turntable unit
Rear view
Fig. 5
6) With this, the turntable unit can be removed from the
cabinet.
3. Replacement of Tonearm
1) Remove the two tonearm fixing screws.
3) When the tonearm mounting nut ( G of Fig. 6) is
removed, the tonearm will come off from the tonearm
base.
Tonearm base
Tonearm