Goldring 1042 Anti Skate Too High on Dead Wax

https://www.sound-smith.com/faq/how-do-i-adjust-anti-skating-my-cartridge

I am happy with this source seen as they are well renound cartridge repair service etc. 

I have no test record for comparing distortion.

I am enjoying the music.

As most people set the anti skate too high and it sounds just fine, I would not rate the anti skate on whether it sounds fine.

But saying that, I am unsure if there is some distortion on the right channel at loud points or whether it is just one of the records. There is certainly not inner groove dist which supposedly is indicative of poor alignment and possibly excessive antiskate?

It is more of a needle wear / Record wear and tracking issue.

I would rather get the most life as possible out of it.

If anyone has a 1042 could you elude to what amount of AS you use?
I have never seen it were such small amounts are needed. 

nedhogan, check the stylus to make sure it is not defective. A 10X magnifier will do. Make sure the VTF is not too low. I know you said you checked it. There is an old expression. Measure twice, cut once. Check it with a digital tracking force gauge if you can. If you just happen to know someone with a Wally Skater use it to check your tonearm's calibration and bearings. The other thing you can do is get a HI FI News Analog Test LP and see how the arm runs the antiskating tracks. If it runs the first band OK then just leave it alone, that will suffice. You can also increase the VTF to the highest acceptable value. 

nehhogan, push the VTF up to 2.0 gm and see how it goes. That is the max allowable VTF for that cartridge.