Adjusting the cueing mechanism on a Mørch tonearm


Greetings!
I've installed a Mørch UP-4 tonearm in a new arm board on a VPI HW-19 Mk 2 turntable. Even though the arm board is entirely flush with the acrylic base plate, the cueing mechanism is a bit too low such that the stylus doesn't clear the record rim. Is there a method for adjusting the height of that tonearm's cueing device? I can't find anything online and a note to the distrbutor gave me the not too satisfactory (but maybe only) solution of installing a washer under the tonearm base plate. That would throw off the azimuth. Advice appreciated!
Thanks,Keith
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bdp24, yes, and the base is a classic. Most arms do not make provision for adjusting the overhang and different cartridges are different. You can compensate a little but it is never ideal. 
Son of a gun, a little grub screw. Go figure.
SH-T Eric, that really stinks. Are they paying for a new arm board? Doesn't  the arm come with a template? 
If you can't adjust the height for the thicker platter make a spacer. I had that problem with a Syrinx arm on a SOTA table. On SOTA tables the arm board is recessed and the Syrinx was not tall enough. It needed another 3/4 inch. I made a spacer out of plywood with a 2" hole saw. Worked fine.
I still have that arm and the spacer.  Interesting arm the Morch. I like the bearing. People think it is a unipivot but it is more like 1/2 a 4 Point. You can even get arm wands of various effective masses and lengths. 
There is a grub screw in the base ring. Loosen it and the base will slide up and down on the shaft. Set this first before you touch the lifter! 

Mike
Hi Keith,
You have to make absolutely sure your tonearm height is right. You may be too low in the rear. In Morch arms the cue device also doubles as the arm rest. Raising the rear just a little should fix things. They are supposed to be set right from the factory. Good Luck,

Mike