Reply To: Bushing Strike Levers, Etc.

Hi Twoess and Paul,
You’ll find that most American clocks use these large riveted bushings for the mainspring arbor. You can order them by giving the ID and OD needed. They are called ‘Winding Arbor Bushings’ if you need to search a suppliers catalog. What many people do is just rotate them 180 degrees and they are good to go for another 80 years! You can turn them by grabbing with a clamp on both sides of the plate and then rotate the clamp. You can put a small spacer under the clamp on the inside of the plate to make contact with the bushing.

Hope this helps!
Bob