[GreenKeys] M15 carriage return problem identified!

[kf6pqt]

Seems I've got a stuck dashpot. Manual carriage return works fine.
WHAM!  I gotta put this monster on something more stable than an old
typewriter table!

Anyway, so how do I unstick this thing?

(5 minutes passes as I've wandered away from the computer)

SOLVED! I figured which way it went, and gently forced it. Seems the
grease is just hardened a bit. Carriage return works great now. And,
adjusting a glide on the typewriter table helped quite a bit with
lateral movement when that basket comes flying back.

So, I'll get some fresh lithium on that dashpot shaft.

Now, I also identified a new, lesser problem....

Whassis little threaded rod that the carriage contacts when it goes
all the way to the right? Seems when its working right, it
automagically backs the carriage up a bit from the extreme right.
(insert political joke here)

Anyway, this thing is a bit bent, so the tab doesn't always push it
in, and seems the carriage might get hung up on it. For now I'll just
not type that far, but perhaps this weekend I'll take it out and see
if I can straighten it.

Thanks for all the help!

-Jason kf6pqt

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