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LP spindle hole off center

Hi Everyone,
I was just listening to a new album I bought, "4:13 Dream" by the Cure. I noticed a lot of distortion in the right channel. I looked at the record as it was playing and saw the tonearm swinging inwards and outwards a LOT. I surmise that the spindle hole is off center by a good distance. I would estimate it is off by approximately the radius of the hole itself.
Three questions:

1) Is this the likely cause of the distortion?
2) Why the right channel?
3) Has anyone ever attempted to manually "fix" an off-center spindle hole? Any success?

Cheers.

Tom
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markphd
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It would certainly cause distortion, although I don't know why it would only be one channel.

I have an LP which has a hole that is off by more than the diameter of the hole itself. I just drilled a new hole with a forstner bit. Worked fine.
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