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Help VPI Scoutmaster anti-skate issue

I moved my Scoutmaster and in the process bumped the anti-skate device. Now the arm will not move beyond the halfway point of outer edge to spindle (i.e. can't play more than a few songs) because the arm hits the string.

Looking at the arm in its safety rest towards the pivot there are two round knob-like extremeties. One of these is hitting the string as the arm rotates. For the life of me, I can't figure out what's wrong. I tried watching Fremer's DVD for some frame of reference but the chapter on anti-skate doesn't actually show positioning of the device as the arm rotates.

I realize this must be simple, but having a hard time here, so if someone can point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks!
madfloyd

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madfloyd OP
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I've just removed it because, while I don't understand it any better, the set screw that fastens it to the rod sticking out of the tonearm box will not tighten (i.e. anti skate mechanism is free to rotate).

I do understand that this anti-skate is optional, but I recall that without it, the arm seemed to want to skip ahead to the end of the record (would never play the first few bars of first cut).

How does one twist the tonearm wire when you have to match up the two red dots (upon connecting it to the tonearm box)?
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