Originally Posted by
Mywncmtns
Thanks so much Tammi! This is great advice. The front finger is pushing against the shaft collar but doesn't appear to be bent. I thought if I could grip the shaft collar hard enough, I could pull it up and the finger would fall into its slot, but I can't pull it. My husband tried last night too. I did order some tri-flow oil and dry degreaser. I'm going to aim right the degreaser at the bottom of that shaft and see if I can free any goo that would allow me to pull up on the collar... and then oil again. If no success, it's going in for "real" service. I was trying to wait until after the holidays, but ready to get it fixed properly
Thank you so much for these tips, I will keep working with it.
I think you might want to see if the finger will move down as well as the collar moving up. If the collar is where it's supposed to be, it won't move, but the finger might. I don't know if that makes sense at all??? I can't tell from the photos which one is wrong. This really is one of those times that it's easier to touch to diagnose.
Originally Posted by
Jeanette Frantz
And I thought it was very unusual when my son talked my cousin through some minor repairs on her long arm over the phone! The 403A machine -- my son picked up for me at Goodwill for $41, is a terriffic machine -- Miriam told me so before I got the chance to work on it -- and she was sure right! I knew she would be, though! Keep at it, I'm sure it will eventually come around to working the way it should and the way you want it too! I don't think there's much that our experts on this board cannot do! Great going, Miriam and Tammi!
Jeanette
Naw! When I was in IT, I walked my aunt through changing a hard drive in her computer on the phone.
I don't think I'd do timing via phone, but a lot of minor things are surprisingly easy if 2 people communicate well with each other.