What's wrong with this picture?

[dusty42701]

I can't tell if the cartridge is crooked by stupidity or if its to compensate for a possibly bent stylus or something.
Any ideas?

 

[Pio1980]

Waaay off being level, not right!

 

[EddyFranner]

SHURE is!

 

[dusty42701]

Waaay off being level, not right!

It was like this when I got it and if I knew how to readjust it, I would. The little screw on the top of the tonearm sits in a groove like you aren't supposed to adjust the twist of it so I don't know.

 

[gadget73]

stylus actually looks like its sitting close to right, but the cart itself is way off. Might be a bent stylus.

The screw looks off level too, but parallel to the top of the headshell. Is there a screw or joint further back, maybe on the bottom side behind the headshell retainer screw? Might be out of kilter at the tonearm pivot. Hopefully its just a simple matter to fix, and not a twisted arm tube or damaged bearings.

 

[bobaloniny]

Are there set screws on the underside of the tonearm just behind the headshell mounting business?

 

[Zodia]

Not sure if it is the angle that the picture was taken, but it looks as if the headshell is not parallel with the record.

 

[asmd]

isnt that a thumbscrew behind the headshell? could be that its not seated right causing the headshell to tilt.

 

[ecandle]

My Dual was just like this , I called the guy at fixmydual and he instructed me to hold tight the tone arm and give the head a twist and it fixed it right up

 

[speedle]

It would help if we knew what kind of turntable/arm you've got there.

 

[Pio1980]

Don't force anything!! What sort is the arm and a good pic of it from the top please??

 

[choochin3]

The cart looks fine,it's the headshell that looks crooked.

 

[beej]

The cart looks square with the headshell (front of cart body parallel with front of headshell) which is the way it should be on most of the straight pipe tonearms I've seen. But the headshell itself does not appear to be sitting properly on the tonearm; looks off center and definitely not parallel with the record.

Agree we need to know turntable/tonearm model info.

 

[Pio1980]

The headshell/cart is way off canter to the record, there is NO doubt. The fault is a tonearm head or pipe somehow twisted, DO NOT try to re-twist it without GOOD advice!

 

[fdrennen]

That tonearm looks from what I can see in the photograph to be like the one I have on a Fisher studio standard table i have atached to my home theater in the living room with the set screw behind the headshell is that what it is?

 

[speedle]

Maybe it's a secret. ;p

 

[dusty42701]

Got the model number, tonearm picture, and what I see to be the fix.
Look at the belly of the tonearm in the last pic. Would that be my screws?

 

[recktend]

It would be helpful if you had a direct, head on shot of the front of the cartridge to see if the headshell is mounted level on the tonearm, thus level with the record/platter/plinth/etc.

If your tonearm appears to be level I have a feeling that the headshell needs to be rotated ever so slightly to make the cartridge and stylus perfectly perpendicular (90 degrees) with the record/platter/plinth. You probably just need to loosen that black thumbscrew and rotate the headshell mount slightly counterclockwise.

The stylus doesn't look bent to me and appears to be in proper alignment with the cartridge.

 

[gadget73]

The screws on the bottom opposite the locking knob should be what hold the headshell mount to the arm tube. try loosening them a smidge to see if the headshell will easily rotate back to where it belongs. If it does, snug the screws back down.

 

[Montycat]

The screws on the bottom opposite the locking knob should be what hold the headshell mount to the arm tube. try loosening them a smidge to see if the headshell will easily rotate back to where it belongs. If it does, snug the screws back down.

Agreed. They look like set screws (allen head maybe?) and there may or may not be a flat surface or slot on the arm tube that they butt up against.