DId you ever get this figured out? I picked up one of these at a second hand shop with almost no sound from the phonograph but after I changed the needle the sound is great. EXCEPT that it does exactly what you described - have a hard time setting the arm down at the beginning of a 33 album and then it will swipe in about an inch. Fortunately I've been testing with an old scratched up album. Was going to take it apart and see if I could spot a faulty mechanism. Only does it at the very outer edge and feels like there's a motor resisting.
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DId you ever get this figured out? I picked up one of these at a second hand shop with almost no sound from the phonograph but after I changed the needle the sound is great. EXCEPT that it does exactly what you described - have a hard time setting the arm down at the beginning of a 33 album and then it will swipe in about an inch. Fortunately I've been testing with an old scratched up album. Was going to take it apart and see if I could spot a faulty mechanism. Only does it at the very outer edge and feels like there's a motor resisting.