First make sure the cartridge is properly aligned, using a cartridge alignment protractor, and then tighten up enough so that it can't move. Try not to break it while doing this. Re-check after tightening to make sure it didn't move when you tightened it. Use the medium range of the recommended tracking force for the basic alignment process.
Once it is aligned, then go ahead with the final tracking force settings, and the anti-skate settings.
It sounds to me as though the anti-skate is too much. So you may have to back it off a little and listen each time. But first make sure all the other stuff is correct. If you look at the cantilever assembly from the front, while playing a record, you should see that the cantilever is centered under the cartridge. If it is angling to the left or to the right, then you have to adjust the anti-skate to correct it.
Once it is aligned, then go ahead with the final tracking force settings, and the anti-skate settings.
It sounds to me as though the anti-skate is too much. So you may have to back it off a little and listen each time. But first make sure all the other stuff is correct. If you look at the cantilever assembly from the front, while playing a record, you should see that the cantilever is centered under the cartridge. If it is angling to the left or to the right, then you have to adjust the anti-skate to correct it.