WORKING ON PRINT CLUTCH LATCH LEVERS FIRST
I found that I had good access to the Print Clutch Latch levers looking into the machine from the front. The angle is a bit uncomfortable but sitting in a chair made it tolerable. I worked on these for about an hour and was able to get the first 24 of them moving well. Another few hours of work and they will all be restored to operation.
REMOVED MOTOR TO DEAL WITH ALMOST FROZEN SHAFT
I unbolted the motor and dropped it out of the printer, moving it to the workbench. It is a GE 1/4 HP 208/230V AC motor that rotates at 1725 RPM. The system of drive belts and pulleys lowers the speed to 300 RPM at the print mechanism.
This motor has oil caps to add oil into the bearings. The bearings have a felt pad that oils the bronze bearing material. According to a plate on the motor, it would not need reoiling under light use but if used heavily might need retopping every few years. I guess five decades sitting idle wasn't in their plans. You can see how much dust and grunge was being absorbed over that long sleep:
I added some clock oil to the oil wicks and began to force the shaft to turn. In just ten minutes, the resistance had decreased noticeably. It is still not spinning freely or even close, but if the original torque needed to budge the shaft was a 10, it had dropped to about 6 just from the initial work. I still don't know if I can get this spinning better without having to disassemble the motor but one way or another I should be able to return this to service.
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