turntable loads lp, tonearm wont go on 33, all others ok

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My Sony tonearm wont travel to the 33 lp, just goes up & back down on holder. If the loading arm is up & over, it works fine, but when in the load position, it drops the record fine, but will not travel to start of record groove. Works perfect for 45 & 78.
Any ideas? I dont feel any resistance to it as in anything binding in the gears. Bob

 

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My Sony tonearm wont travel to the 33 lp, just goes up & back down on holder. If the loading arm is up & over, it works fine, but when in the load position, it drops the record fine, but will not travel to start of record groove. Works perfect for 45 & 78.
Any ideas? I dont feel any resistance to it as in anything binding in the gears. Bob

sounds like an automatic turntable to me. If you really value your vinyl, get rid of this turntable and buy yourself an new one. Decent entry level turntables can be had for approximatley $400.00 . If thats too much money, then manually move the arm over to the start and using the cueing arm to lower the tonearm.

 

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manually move the arm over to the start and using the cueing arm to lower the tonearm.

I always wondered why people felt this way, it always sounded like another one of them "audiophile myths" to me.

The exact same viscous damping mechanism comes in to play whether you lower it by hand or the TT lowers it automatically.

Anyway there is probably some stuck linkage underneath that is not selecting the right stop position for the tone arm.

 

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I always wondered why people felt this way, it always sounded like another one of them "audiophile myths" to me.

The exact same viscous damping mechanism comes in to play whether you lower it by hand or the TT lowers it automatically.

Anyway there is probably some stuck linkage underneath that is not selecting the right stop position for the tone arm.

Unless I misunderstood teh problem, the OP stated that the arm no longer went to the record when playing LPs. Thats why I suggested something new or use the manual cueing.

 

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Unless I misunderstood teh problem, the OP stated that the arm no longer went to the record when playing LPs. Thats why I suggested something new or use the manual cueing.

Oh, I'm sorry, I guess I misunderstood your responce. I thought when you said "sounds like an automatic turntable to me. If you really value your vinyl, get rid of this turntable and buy yourself an new one." you were insinuating that automatic TT's were bad.

 

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Oh, I'm sorry, I guess I misunderstood your responce. I thought when you said "sounds like an automatic turntable to me. If you really value your vinyl, get rid of this turntable and buy yourself an new one." you were insinuating that automatic TT's were bad.

I think the ones where you stack records on top of one another and let them drop to the platter kind are generally of poorer quality compared to that of a single play style. Turntables are one of the few pieces in your audio chain where a degree of mechanical preciseness really does inidctae how good its going to sound. Based on what I've seen from my parents old stuff is that these stacking types don't even allow you to change out a cartridge.

I also understand budget constraints all too well . Thats why I suggested the OP use the manual features of his turntable if he an't afford a new one.