Broken power switch on 1200

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The on/off switch on my 1200 MK2 has been loose for a while, and finally today it fell off. I looked inside the power switch thing and theres a shaft that sticks up that the plastic turning switch hooks onto im guessing. Anyways, i was able to turn it on and off by turning that shaft but then the shaft fell down into the piece. so now i cant even turn it on :-( Its kinda hard to explain but hopefully one of you guys/girls will know what im talking about and be able to help me out! Just wanted to see if theres anything i can do on my own, before i go out and buy a replacement switch. Thanks in advance..peace
 
I had it happed to me before and my advice to you is take it ot someone how know how to work on them. Because you will have to remove the bottom of the turntable just to get to that piece that keeps falling down. And believe you me its tricky putting it back that knob.:confused:

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this is easily fixable, but as noted above, you do have to remove the the bottom which is quite a few screws. i think technics updated the design on this as neither my 1210MK2s or 1210M3D have this problem. what is happening is that the bottom of the shaft has a C clip on it that holds the white plastic actuator, the spring and the ball bearing in place when it's all together. the shaft and the knob are supposed to never be separated from each other and when they are, the shaft is allowed to drop down allowing the power switch to basically fall apart. on my decks there is a C clip at both the bottom and the top of the shaft so that even when the power knob is removed, the shaft remains where it is. you've got lots of options as to what to do. you can:
1. pay big bucks to repair place only to have it happen again
2. get updated parts and pay big bucks to said repair place to have it fixed for good
3. take the deck apart yourself and fix it and be sure to super glue the knob to the shaft
4 buy the updated part and fix it yourself
5 fix it yourself and update to M3D style knob (my personal favorite)

i think i have some pics if you want to do it yourself. this is also discussed in the "technics 1200 FAQ" that is on various pages throughout the internet. this is not very difficult to do, i just don't want to go into great detail on how to do it if you're gonna go to a repair place anyway. hth - jeff h
 
awesome

damn..you guys are awesome.. i kinda got it to work now. I just turned the table upside down and hit it until the shaft came out. So now i've just been leaving it in the on position and unplugging it when im done for now. Thanks again for all your help i appreciate. peace
 
cool. if you want to do the superglue thing, it's only like 25 screws and the 4 feet on the bottom :D . the only reason you need to take it off is so that you can apply pressure to the bottom of the shaft in order to push the black knob back on. otherwise, just do what you're doing - maybe use a power strip to turn on and off.

btw, if no one has told you - welcome to FP! - jeff h
 
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