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Vintage Stanton cartridge — extreme lean to one side normal?

I just got this vintage Stanton D680EE and found that it leans to one side quite dramatically. Is this normal? The cart doesn’t appear to be damaged in any way, so it’s as if it came this way from the factory. 
 

Also of note is that it has on old, possibly original stylus, and it is canted to one side as if it spent a great many years compensating for the lean.

 

What do you think? Normal? Defective?

 

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bigmikeatl
crustycoot
644 posts
 

+1 czarivey. The desirable vintage Stanton is the 681 “calibration standard” compared to which the 680 is a looser spec. $50 is robbery for that cartridge, but unbending the body to be squared to the mounting wings should be easy enough then a stylus in better shape will get you going. 

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clearthinker
1,582 posts
 

I know an old guy named Stanton who leans to one side.

@boomerbillone   It almost certainly won't be the stylus.  The cantilever needs replacing.  As you say, if he really loves it, best to have the cart rebuilt by a qualified practitioner.

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barts
720 posts
 

she no looka so good!  say bye bye to that bay-bee

 

Regards,

barts

lewm
13,113 posts
 

What barts so elegantly said, in Italian.

You can buy a better replacement for far less than it would cost to repair properly, unless you do it yourself, which does not seem like a good idea.

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