Origin Live Rega Modification Kits - Manual (Page 4)

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occur remove the remaining wire. Remove the spring clip wedged in the rear threaded portion of the
arm along with its black wire.
5. Remove the rubber grommets in the wire duct through the vertical brass pivot tube in the arm
housing – see Rega arm diagram. This is best accomplished by using a 2.5mm or 3mm drill to slowly
drill out the lower rubber grommet (destroying it in the process). You will need to grip the drill at it’s
very end or there will not be sufficient length to get to the bottom shoulder of this tube. Once you
feel the drill hit the brass shoulder and “bottom” on the shoulder then gently withdraw it along with
the bits of rubber from the now destroyed first rubber grommet. The rubber grommets are not
required and should not be refitted as the Origin Live internal wire uses another method of
protection.
6. To remove the “top rubber grommet” - gently poke the grommet up into the arm tube where it can
then simply be tipped out - Use the 2mm rod supplied to poke the grommet out through the top of
the tube.
7. Lastly prepare the headshell end of the arm by removing the powder coating just inside the armtube
where the cables exit.. This can be carried out using either a blade or using abrasive paper till the
aluminium is clear and ready for electrical contact.
The arm is now ready to accept the new internal wiring loom.
I N S T A L L T H E N E W I N T E R N A L W I R E S
1. Tin one end of the thin 400mm draw wire supplied with the kit – the insulation just melts off.
8. Feed the “tinned” end of the “draw wire” into the base of the arm. As the wire enters the arm tube
you can see the end of the wire through the rear end of the arm. Using a pair of tweezers or a
“hook” made from a paper clip catch the draw wire end and pull it out of the REAR end of the arm
tube. Pull through about 250mm of the wire through the rear end of the arm so that you are then
free to push the end back through the tube till it exits at the headshell end of the armtube. You now
have a draw wire running from the headshell to the base of the arm.
9. Solder the “tinned” end of the new internal wiring loom to the tinned end of the “draw wire” (at the
headshell end). Ensure that this is a smooth and round joint that will easily pass through the small arm
holes.
10. Pull the draw wire from the base of the arm to lead the new internal wires through the arm tube and
out through the base of the arm – it pays to use tweezers through the rear of the arm to “line up” the
wire joint as it enters the arm base. This eases any “catching” that can occur at this right angle bend
for the wire.
11. Push in the “headshell plug of wires” into the headshell – as you do this, wedge in the strands of the
earth wire so that it makes electrical contact with the arm tube. The end result should be
approximately 3 mm of headshell bung protruding from the end of the arm tube and the earth wire
strands jammed in between the bung and the exposed (earlier abraided) aluminium of the arm tube.
12. Desolder the draw wire and separate the 5 litz wires using a soldering iron along with a needle or
spike. Now trim off the ends of the 5 litz wires so that the “tinned” portion of wire is approximately
3mm.
13. The arm is now ready to attach the new Rega external cable or Origin Live external cable kit – so
skip the next section and move on to “fitting the new external cable” which is applicable for all
external cables .
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