Not sure, I have a technics headshell and it doesn't twist at all...I only twist the end of the tone arm when I attach and dettach the headshell.

There I made a small picture

The part circle in black is like twisting but only like a bit on each side like th arrow is showing.

It doesn't sping completely and the part fix in the tone arm is not moving it only the black thing with Stanton written on it.

I just walked over and looked at mine, they don't move at all. Did you tighten the ring on the tonearm ? You can see it in the very top of your picture.

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do you have a rubber o-ring on your headshell's mount? if not it will either allow your headshell to be over tightened and damage the contacts, or it may cause the headshell to rock side by side.

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Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. He who laughs last thinks slowest!

Yes the tone arm is twist.

The probleme is like where the wires are connected there is like a small peace of plastique there that seam to be missing or it not enough big.

I found an old turn table in my basement and I took the headshell from it and it not moving at all on my turn table. I'll probably take this one instead even if the stanton one was nicer :P