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Check tracking weight of the tonearm against published specs for whatever cartridge you're using.
Also if you're replacing the original ceramic or crystal cartridge with the same model in NOS it's possible that most of that make and model are uniformly failing from age.
Rubber parts break down with age as can the piezoelectric elements...If a certain cart was only made for 2-3 years and they've all past the expected life of the perishable parts of the internals, then finding a good one NOS or used becomes similar to playing the lottery.
I often replace bad original ceramic/crystal carts with the ones the crosley reproduction players use because I'd rather spend $2 once and have it work than $40 2-10 times till I find a correct NOS part that isn't DOA from old age.
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