Reply To: Grandfather clock gets stuck in last 15min of hour

[danacv2]

I took off the clock face last night but I haven’t had a chance to look around much (btw the weights correct and it was working for a few months). If I have time tonight, I’ll try to see if I can look into what you guys suggested. I think I may have to lower the movement a bit though (there is a lower ledge that will work), in order to completely see all the parts moving. It is very crowded in the case. There was really no room to remove the face without removing the movement and I couldn’t remove the movement without removing the chime block. Is that normal? The case was homemade so I don’t know if professionally made cases have better access. I’ve seen videos where people can remove the top part of the case but that didn’t seem possible with mine.

As a side note, one of our chime rods is broken and when I removed the block I noticed there was a screw. Does that mean I can replace just the rod? The screw was very tight and would not budge though. Could I just buy a new rod and screw it in?

Dan