Sl-d202 manual the cue arm is not going down. the arm is riding ontop of black plastic thing with a screw on the end. the thing will push down.

SOURCE: technics sl-ql 15 linear tracking T/Table

Parts are discontinued for these models. You need what's called a P-Mount cartridge screw. Try the following company:

www.lpgear.com

Good luck!

- DAVIS
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SOURCE: The tone arm will not drop on our Technics sl-dd33 turntable.

Have you left the tone arm lift in the up position?
If not: At the end of a record the mechanism lifts the tone arm, returns it to the rest, lowers it and switches off the motor.
It the motor has stopped too early, the tone arm will remain raised.
You can try gently rotating the platter clockwise by hand. This may allow the return cycle to finish.

SOURCE: Tone arm cueing problem on Technics SL-BD27.

the auto stop mechanism needs adjusting

SOURCE: Technics SL-1700 Mk2, tonearm doesn't lower, cueing doesn't work

There's a rubber belt or O ring that broke. I couldn't find one at Technics, so I took the old parts to the hardware store and found an O ring in plumbing parts that was very close. Been working for years just fine!

Eddie