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Old 06-07-2021, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by llaran View Post
got any idea why center weight always falls, had it "fixed " several times,
I am going to 'guess' that a gear is worn sufficiently that it occasionally becomes disengaged, or has teeth missing. In either case this probably requires the clock mechanism to be disassembled, which is beyond my capability. The only other possibility I can think of is the chain is not routed properly and it jumps off the cog, allowing the weight to fall. This should be easy to see with a careful inspection of the chain routing.
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