[GreenKeys] [External] Newbie Questions concerning Teletype ASR / KSR Model 33 Typeset wheel

[Joseph Corda]

Thanks Doug

Yeah I read somewhere  about the alignment when reinstalling the typeset
wheel.   I will need to research this more before I attempt.
Joe


On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 22:51 Jones, Douglas W <douglas-w-jones at uiowa.edu>
wrote:

> From: Joseph Corda <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> -- Sunday, March 15, 2026
> 7:55 PM
> > ... so before I remove it  ...
>
> It's really easy to remove the type wheel from a Model 33, just use a
> socket wrench to loosen the little nut on the top and it comes right off.
>
> Getting it back on and correctly aligned requires that same socket wrench
> to repace the nut, but then you have to hold the wheel in the right
> alignment while you tighten it.  To do this, you need a special tool.  I
> guess it's technically a 2-pin spanner that reaches in from the side with a
> split to straddle the socket wrench and two nubs that engage with the two
> holes in the top of the type wheel, one on each side of the nut.  I didn't
> have this tool, so I made it from mild steel wire.
>
>                 Doug Jones
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