Fostex B16 Tension arm stainless steel pin underneath has seen the normal

underneath has seen the normal wear but again the whole shell is sound

again depending on your head

this may have been used in the later models after this

Old style Hirose connector used in Multi-Track machines and other Japanese equipment

Fostex B16 Tension arm stainless steel pin underneath has seen the normalThis was from the Model B16 but may have been used on later models, in principle on some of the machines there was a steel pin on which was a bottom metal bush that locked onto the pin, then two bearings was slotted through the pin and finally on top there was a cap . Both the cap and the bush have set screws in them to lock them into place, the whole assembly then slides into the tension arm where the pin is tightened up with a screw that holds it