[GreenKeys] Lube

[Michael Zahorik]

The last few days, me Flexowriter has been giving my fits.The typing machine works fine, but the translator has been the problem. It would not type a character or type the wrong one. Thetranslator converts the tape reader contacts or the computer input into mechanicalpulls on the 'seekers' which in turn operates the typing machine. Well..... Ifound quite a bit of old lube that had turned into tar on the translatormagnets and armatures. This would cause the armatures to stick and not releasequickly enough. I also found some of this same gunk on some of the mechanicalparts that move. Making them move slower then needed. So after some cleaningand adjusting, the unit is working again. My question is should the mechanical levers, bails, camsetal be lubed? There is not much in the Friden manuals regarding lubing thetranslator. So I've been rather stingy with any oil. Afraid I'd gum it upagain. Any advice on lube. The Friden can't be that different than the TeleTypein this department. Thanks Mike Mike Zahorik (414) 254-6768
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/greenkeys/attachments/20170428/4cad9f0e/attachment.html>