the
crankshaft. It is pretty conventional but at the end of last season it stopped
working.
Having got round to stripping it down, we find that there is an air-vane damper
which
limits the rate of change in the needle movement, stopping flutter etc.
The vane had come off its shaft, and the shaft has lost one of its bearing ends.
The shaft
and gear are all one piece and I think that a new shaft end could be fitted into
the
existing gear, but not with what we have at the factory!
A picture of the remains is here:
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The shaft/gear laying horizontally is the one in question, the right-hand end is
missing
its bearing part, what can be just seen is the larger diameter that acts as a
washer
against the brass bearing plate to keep the gear end float down.
I really need a 'clock guy' with the necessary small lathe to be able to drill
the end out
and make and insert a new pin, to fairly accurate levels of workmanship.
It's not a beer token job, real money is offered plus postage both ways.
If anyone can assist, please contact me via my email address below, or my home
email:
snipped-for-privacy@easynet.co.uk
Many thanks,
Peter
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Peter
Peter A Forbes
snipped-for-privacy@prepair.co.uk
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