Help please -Turntable needle sliding backwards along record.

 

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Username: Zipzilla

Post Number: 1
Registered: May-06
Just bought a Stanton T.50X turntable and when I set the needle down, it wants to slide back toward the front of the record skipping along on my album. It doesn't seem to have an "anti-skid" control. I've tried adjusting the counter weight both lighter and heavier without luck. The closer the needle is set toward the center of the album, the worse the problem is. Please help.
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 8568
Registered: May-04


Is there a metal hanger around the area of the base of the tonearm for an anti-skating weight and string?
 

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Username: Zipzilla

Post Number: 2
Registered: May-06
No, I don't see anything of the sort nor is there the standard dial type anti-skate control.
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

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Registered: May-04


Are you sure there's still a stylus on the cantilever?
 

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Username: Cassettica

Post Number: 1
Registered: May-06
I'm having a somewhat similar problem. As soon as I drop the needle on the record, it slides really fast, directly to the end, just giving me that "scratch" sound.

I figure it's either the needle or the tonearm, but I'm having trouble figuring out which. Anyone have this problem before?
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

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Are you sure there's still a stylus on the cantilever?
 

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Username: Cassettica

Post Number: 2
Registered: May-06
Yes. I took off the needle to see if that was the problem and the bottom of it (the part that makes contact with the record) has a divet, a little crater, at the tip. Is this the problem?
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 8583
Registered: May-04


Sounds like you had a bonded stylus. Now you have nothing. That would certainly cause the problem you describe.

 

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Username: Zipzilla

Post Number: 3
Registered: May-06
The stylus was on the cantilever, but there must have been something wrong with it as replacing the cartridge fixed the problem. You were about on target Jan, thanks.
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