by Mechanik » Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:51 pm
My Pace is the same way and I'm guessing that it's probably normal for a big mechanical. If you take the mechanism out of the case and ratchet the pull lever through the stops, you can see that the pull is resisted at every step by a lot of very heavy springs. All these mechanisms are preloaded with the energy of your pull against the springs and then latched in place so that all that potential energy can be released in sequence when you reach the bottom of the pull. Amazing!
My Pace is a few years newer than your Mills, but the mechanism is similar.
Mine is also very noisy as it cycles. Anyway mine's been in use for maybe 60 years so it was probably built to take it.