Is a bent tonearm dangerous ? Technics MK2
Hi everyone, glad to join this forum. I discovered vinyl recently, and decided to buy a used MK2 with no real knowledge of the device... and I found really interesting how some of you managed to restore severely damaged units. Mine was ok, but I took it apart to clean it, and I haven't touched the tonearm... until I had issues setting it up.
First, it seemed to me the tonearm was bent (see pic here https://ibb.co/vvkVQhT).
Then, Anti-skating was not working accordingly to the multiple "tonearm check" videos I could have seen (tonearm was not moving). While I was trying to fix it, I messed up with the bearing and lost the bearing balls... I tried to recalibrate it now it works fine, with no skipping issues.
My question is : is it dangerous to keep my tonearm as it is ?
Given that I can play records flawlessly, is it really necessary to replace it ?
As a newbie, you guys have far more experience - that's why I'm asking how such a tonearm could behave on a long-term basis.
Thank you ! :)
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