[GreenKeys] Model 19 gears

[Kevin H. Phillips]

I've made progress but at the moment the "sticking point" is one of the 
ribbon spindles.  I removed the type basket last night, soaked it in 
Simple Green for a couple of hours, washed it off, dried it off, sprayed 
it down with penetrant and let it sit overnight.  The left-hand ribbon 
drive spindle (as you are looking at the machine from the front) now 
works freely when the feed mechanism is not engaged on it.  The 
right-hand side is stuck hard.  I have sprayed it with penetrant, doused 
it with regular liquid penetrating oil, sprayed it with PB Blaster, and 
poured 20wt oil on it but so far it refuses to budge.  There is a tiny 
amount of play in the vertical drive shaft so my guess is that it is OK 
but the problem lies in the spindle on which the ribbon sits.  I suppose 
I could try turning the nut in the ribbon cradle (??).

Kevin

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