I honestly think that the Kings with problems are ones that havn't been properly bedded in and havn't had the thick lube taken out and cleaned the internals. Oh and Anal, I've stretched the spring in mine (a silly ammount) it was about 4 or 5 inches in length. It hasn't skipped in the time I've had it (with the spring stretched). It did although, skip when it wasn't stretched, a lot.