Sota Star Sapphire suspension question


Hey all; I picked up a beautiful Sota that has all the upgrades I would want. I'm coming from a VPI Scout and setup for the Sota is quite different. It has a ET 2 Arm. I have 2 questions, but if you have any comments please share. Initially I had the rubber feet screwed all the way up "locking" the sub chassis. I figured out I had to let the chassis go free. The arm board/arm side is lighter then the left motor side, is the where I load it up with lead to balance? Also, I tried my Benz SL and no matter what tracking force, the angle/weight are too heavy and distort my needle so I went back to a Dyn 20. Any thoughts on that. Also, I get no vacuum from the vac unit, I looked inside and it's clean but nada. Any thoughts. Thanks in advance. Jack
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Manitunc; When I put my finger over the hole, with no hoses connected and the unit on and the vac set all the way to the right, the highest suction, I don't feel anything. I even tried cotton threads and no movement from them either. I opened up the vac and its very clean, all the hoses look good, I hear something happening, but no suction. I do have the rubberish spindle cap, do you know if this would use the reflex cap as well? Regards Jack
If you can't feel any vacuum at the pump inlet then you've got a problem at the pump.
both caps will work, but if you cant feel the suction, then the pump is not working. It could have a hole in the diaphram. Check with Sota to see about fixing or upgrading to the new pump/power supply which is quite a bit better.