Bent new stylus ... argg

[jkilla]

Hey all,

I ordered two stylii recently, one is a Pfanstiehl Replacement for a shure N111HE, while the other is a genuine NOS Shure N111HE (still in the mail, will be arriving next week or two). I'm using a Technics SL-BD24 (p-mount, linear track,belt driven)

I plugged in the pfanstiehl and played one record. It did sound quite nice, but in my "infinite wisdom", I flipped down, what i thought was a stylus guard, which then kicked into the tip of the needle, as illustrated by this drawing:



Now obviously the needle no longer tracks properly. It is bent 'vertically' and not 'horizontally', so the tracking force is off.

So is this beyond all repair? Can I use some plasticene or tape solution? Can I adjust the VTF to offset the angle change of the needle now?

The far right image shows the angle of the needle in its current state

[gg383]

It was probably shipped in the down position so you probably had to flip it up, did you flip it up and then push it into the cartridge?? Maybe bumped the stylus a touch pushing it in so it caught on the way down again?? Who knows, at least you did it with the generic unit. I know that you will check the Shure stylus very carefully B4 you install it!! If you check with the seller he may try to fix it with you, another who knows!! It most likely is beyond repair, thrown out of line or maybe cracked. Glenn.