Reply To: 16 Elgin blues…

[david pierce]

Tom,
Leaving out the main spring barrel gear, assemble the gear train into the pilar plates. Next, rotate the train by gently pushing on the center wheel. Remove the gears one at a time from the escape wheel back repeating the process each time. When the train turns, you should have the problem isolated. When this happened to me it was usually due to a pivot that was not in the jewel hole but it could be any number of issues.
david