1 of 1- modernhistorian
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Carriage slides freely
I have a Remington Portable 2, which appears in overall good shape, but has a problem with the carriage/escapement. With carriage unlocked, it slides freely and spring pulls it left to the stop. With a letter or space bar depressed, it locks left but can be pushed right, clicking as it goes. Underneath, I see an escapement mechanism that tilts up when a key is pressed and engages the toothed bar. This is, I think, as it should be, but when the mechanism tilts down again, there should be something that catches the bar after it has advanced one space. I don't see anything obvously broken or missing. Where is the corresponding part of the escapement that would catch the toother bar after it has advanced one space? Thanks for any help.
- malole
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Re: Carriage slides freely
Urh. Sorry to hear this. I have this problem with one of my remington portable 2s as well. Except worse, because it won't catch unless I force the thing to engage with a rubber band pulled really tight from the back right hand corner of the carriage and looped over the platen knob. It is the only way I could see to solve it. And my temporary solution makes it a half-typer, only going halfway along before the rubber band stops it. So this might help you actually type half a line, but it won't completely solve the issue. It's a real pain, because it is such a gorgeous machine, and has a light snappy touch.
I know I am going to have to take it to be seen to by a repair person one day if I ever want to type more than short lines of poetry or shopping lists on it!
the post I made on my remington here:
Last edited by malole (06-11-2014 14:56:05)
