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Record skips near the innermost grooves

I have a Vpi hw-19 mk2 w/ an sme 309 & a Grado gold. The problem is this set-up wants to skip near the very end of all l.p's...near the innermost grooves.....Any suggestion's for a cure out there? Tracking force is 1.5 to 1.75 & I have adjusted the anti skate to different setting & nothing seems to help
lardawg

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minkwelder
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Does the arm skip back or ahead? I have had a similar problem before, and it was because the arm lift was adjusted too high. The arm would contact the lift slightly and would skip back.
minkwelder
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Hey Lardawg,
If I recall correctly, the 309 has a pretty unique counterweight system. Are you measuring the actual weight at the stylus with a scale, or using their system of so many turns of the wrench = so much vertical force? In order for their VTF system to work properly, you must of course make sure you start by balancing the arm. If you aren't checking the VTF with a scale, I would absolutely recommend you do that.
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