Thursday, August 21, 2025

Reassembly of the 1132 printer - part 4

INSTALLING RESTORE LEVERS

The Print Clutch Restore Levers were installed as they will push the Print Clutch Latch Levers so that the Print Clutch Dog is held by the end of the latch lever. They are a more complex set of bars that bolt on midway on the frame at the front side. 


The high point of a lobe on the Print Cam pushes the restore lever, which pushes the Print Clutch Latch up out of a notch on the Knockoff Armature Lever and allows the lever to pivot so the latch will sit on the high part of the Knockoff Armature Lever. 

I was able to install the assembly but the Print Clutch Cams won't rotate past the restore levers. These bars have adjustments to be certain that they lift the Print Clutch Latch out of the Knockoff Armature Lever notch sufficiently but without the restore lever bottoming out on the guide bar onto which they pivot. 

Restore lever assembly outlined in yellow

I will have to loosen this and tweak its position until I can hand rotate the mechanism again. 

REMAINING PARTS TO INSTALL

The carriage must be installed back on the printer, now that it is restored. 


When that is in place, I can drop the Print Wheel assembly into place.


The magnet assembly goes on the front of the print mechanism frame after that. When it is installed, the plate with the 120 magnets gets dropped on and that completes the main part of the printer reinstallation. 



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