SME continues to make parts available for their older models (and the 3009-II is 40 years old.what other company will provide parts for a 40 year old product other than Zippo), so I feel inclined to reward them with my money rather than the people who buy the parts from SME (the same way you would buy them) then sell them on ebay for a profit to those who don't know you can get them directly from the manufacturer. I dealt with Elaine Wratten in Export sales (she answered my e-mail to the general 'sales' e-mail address) and she was very nice (almost a bit 'cheeky' as she had great British wit even in emails) and quoted all prices for me on everything I ordered (I ordered a bunch of small parts to make the cost of shipping worthwhile) and even notified me months later when the additional counterweight became available again. The following is SME's web page for parts list The part you need is '1802/9 P0507 Arm Socket inc. The wiring that came attached was exactly the right length to feed through the arm and attach at the RCA side without any alteration and perfect movement in the arm. He simply desoldered the old wires at the RCA end, tied a string to them, pulled it through the arm, then tied the string to the end of the new wires and pulled it back worked perfectly without having to dismantle the arm at all. I had my tech rewire the arm with the harness and socket. I ordered the socket from SME which was about $70US (Listed at GBP 29.80) at the time with exchange rate, and when it arrived, it was already attached to the wiring (presoldered which is great at 33g wire is not easy to solder to such tiny pins). I had the same issue with my arm (same model II unimproved) where one of the pins got stuck in the socket and wouldn't contact the headshell.

Repairing shure sme 3009 tonearm