Reply To: 16 Elgin blues…

[tmac1956]

All:

Just to reiterate… the locking is occurring without the balance wheel in place. I did swap out the escape wheel and installed another pallet fork with some space behind the jewels for adjustment (should I need to do it) so I won’t have to grind down or replace the pallet fork jewels.

I checked the pallet fork movement and there doesn’t appear to be too much play in it’s movement. After fiddling with the banking pins for a few hours (again), I finally, got the train to move – however, once you get it going and then stop, it’ll lock up again and it takes a little more fiddling with the train to get it going again.

Frustrated (sound familiar?), I assembled it and as I was getting ready to case it, I noticed that the fourth wheel shaft was slightly bent as it stuck through the plate. I have a few more, so I’ll try to replace that component this weekend.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I’ll check the balance jewel clearance, after I get past this issue.

Later,
Tom