SoundSmith Counter Intuitive for VPI tone arms

"I’m not talking snug - I’m talking so hard that it’s difficult to keep the counterweight from moving."

Larryrs- maybe some careful,lite work with fine sandpaper will loosen up the fit of the CI.

Yes. That was referenced earlier and that may ultimately be what I do. Some sort of lubrication was also mentioned but the notion of a lubricant on an exposed surface near the stylus and record doesn’t seem optimal.  

The Counter Intuitive is a slight fix for VPI's dumb move to dropped counter weights on all the arms, after to original round ones on the first version of the JMW arm.

The first VPI arms had a better (independent of VTF, and more fine adjustment) azimuth ring that worked great. 

The latest VPI arms (fat boy) have gone back, to round counterweights and separate azimuth adjustment.