marsonion wrote:Rledonne wrote:Thank you very much for the information! I’ll go to hime Depot tomorrow and grab some 3 in 1. I’ll let you know how it works! Thanks again Ross
You're welcome! But, I forgot to mention: if your machine appears sluggish on account of the reels barely spinning, there are parts that specifically influence that. Look for the reel brake wires, which you'll find in a row across the middle-rear of the mechanism, held in place and tensioned by wingnuts. These wires ride the reel hubs and their purpose is to smooth the reel stop action, to prevent an ugly shock to the mechanism which can result when a very fast-spinning reel is suddenly jammed to a halt by the reel stop. Try loosening the tension on all of these wires by adjusting those wingnuts and then see how your cycle looks; you may see fit to selectively re-tension them if any of the reels keep spinning too fast and then stop in an objectionable, "herky-jerky" sort of way.
In my limited experience, it's been fairly common for the grease on the reel shaft (axle) to be old and hard. If the reels don't spin freely with the brake wires pulled back (the machine cycle can be stopped at the very beginning, leaving them loose, by grabbing the clock fan), then they need to be taken off and everything needs to be cleaned and lubricated, including degreasing inside the reel hubs with swabs or spray - the last machine I got had been broken down by someone, but they hadn't cleaned the hubs and there was still enough hard old grease to impede proper spinning
Also, rather than bending the clock fan, I'd try cleaning the clock. If I recall it comes off fairly easily and can be degreased in a small container either by soaking or spraying, and then re-lubricated with light oil.
I use penetrating lubricant like WD-40 or in severe cases Liquid Wrench, to unbind and test machines that are going to be broken down and re-lubricated before long anyway. It's best to hand apply it and not spray, particularly given the paper reels on a slot (unless the bundle is off), but it occurs to me that in the case of the clock, that's located in a corner of the mechanism where it would probably be possible to spray pointing away from the machine, or at least down towards the base, and draining onto newspaper.