Hi All,
I've aquired a few classics recently.
A babolat 2002 and a Babolat Starring (dual I think).
So there are a few issues with them.
The 2002 was pulling weird tensions, which seemed to be related to calibration at first. But I screwed that up.
Later I found out that the flat cable to the tension dial was lose. But now the calibration is so far out of whack, the machine only beeps one time (long) when I press the tensioner.
I found a video online describing the calibration for the star 3/4 which seems to be the same.
The problem however is, that I have 3 pots, rather than 2. None of them are marked with 10/30 or anything else.
I've reset them all 3 with the 22 turns Clockwise / 11 turns CC to no avail. I checked the mainboard, everything seems secured.
Does anyone have any tips? See pictures below. I would love to know which pot does what.
The second machine I got today is working perfectly. It pulls tension very precise which is cool for such an old beast. I opened it up and there doesn't seem to be any way to calibrate anyway.
However, the turn table is rusty and the clamp bases are whacky. The springs are broken. I replaced one with a spring from an Pro's pro base clamp and that fixed a lot, but I need to adjust them. There is a plastic plug, but no hole unlike the yellow ones? So how does one fine tune these critters?
For now I put the 2002 turntable on the Starring, which fits nicely, so I got one working machine, but I like to get them both up and running. I mailed someone in Austria, still waiting for reply.
Cheers!
J
I've aquired a few classics recently.
A babolat 2002 and a Babolat Starring (dual I think).
So there are a few issues with them.
The 2002 was pulling weird tensions, which seemed to be related to calibration at first. But I screwed that up.
Later I found out that the flat cable to the tension dial was lose. But now the calibration is so far out of whack, the machine only beeps one time (long) when I press the tensioner.
I found a video online describing the calibration for the star 3/4 which seems to be the same.
The problem however is, that I have 3 pots, rather than 2. None of them are marked with 10/30 or anything else.
I've reset them all 3 with the 22 turns Clockwise / 11 turns CC to no avail. I checked the mainboard, everything seems secured.
Does anyone have any tips? See pictures below. I would love to know which pot does what.
The second machine I got today is working perfectly. It pulls tension very precise which is cool for such an old beast. I opened it up and there doesn't seem to be any way to calibrate anyway.
However, the turn table is rusty and the clamp bases are whacky. The springs are broken. I replaced one with a spring from an Pro's pro base clamp and that fixed a lot, but I need to adjust them. There is a plastic plug, but no hole unlike the yellow ones? So how does one fine tune these critters?
For now I put the 2002 turntable on the Starring, which fits nicely, so I got one working machine, but I like to get them both up and running. I mailed someone in Austria, still waiting for reply.
Cheers!
J
