"And the operator said 40 cents more for the next 3 minutes."

Hi Dime

These Royals have 2 sets of vertical shift stop screws, one pair each end of the carriage rail. Set the machine in front of you with the keyboard facing away from you so you're looking at the back of the unit. Move the carriage to your left and look at the exposed end of the carriage rail, you should see 2 set screws with lock nuts just in front of the front carriage rail .

Press the shift key and one of the screws will move down with the basket, this is the upper case stop screw. The screw that stays still is the lower case stop screw. You MUST loosen the lock nut on each screw before you attempt to adjust the screw, otherwise you'll very quickly ruin the screw. I think you'll find these lock nuts take a 7/32" socket to turn them. Best of luck,

Sky

skywatcher wrote:

"And the operator said 40 cents more for the next 3 minutes."

Hi Dime

These Royals have 2 sets of vertical shift stop screws, one pair each end of the carriage rail. Set the machine in front of you with the keyboard facing away from you so you're looking at the back of the unit. Move the carriage to your left and look at the exposed end of the carriage rail, you should see 2 set screws with lock nuts just in front of the front carriage rail .

Press the shift key and one of the screws will move down with the basket, this is the upper case stop screw. The screw that stays still is the lower case stop screw. You MUST loosen the lock nut on each screw before you attempt to adjust the screw, otherwise you'll very quickly ruin the screw. I think you'll find these lock nuts take a 7/32" socket to turn them. Best of luck,

Sky

Hi sky,
I found the screws. Thank you, however how do I get a wrench down there? Do I have to take the typewriter apart or is there an easier disassembly/socket to use?

Thanks
 

skywatcher wrote:

Hi Again

The original adjusting tool or Royal portables (Ames tool Nº A-P5-65) was a wooden handled nut driver with a slender flat blade screw driver that inserted through the handle of the nut driver so the lock nut and the screw could both be adjusted at the same time with one tool. However, these tools are few and far between, so I would suggest obtaining a ¼" drive 7/32" thin walled deep socket and a ratchet or flex handle to drive the socket. Your local NAPA or Auto-Zone store should be able to help you with these tools.

Once the nut is loosened, remove the ratchet or flex handle from the socket and thread a small screw driver (like a 1/8" electrician's screw driver) through the socket to adjust the screw. You will be able to lock the nut just tight enough to hold the screw in place by turning the socket with your finger and thumb while you are adjusting the other screws. Once you are satisfied that all 4 screws are adjusted to your liking, give each nut a gentle tweak with the ¼" ratchet or flex handle on the socket, just enough to stop the lock nuts from coming loose during normal operation.

Hope this points you in the right direction,

Sky

Hi thanks for this. I'm going to try to obtain one and will update you then on the status of this when I finally obtain one.
 

Keep going. Make sure you’re turning them the right way, you might need to turn a lot more just to see a change.  If that’s not working try adjusting the lowercase.
In a resting position, the bolts that the carriage sit on control the lowercase, and during shift, the bolts it hits are uppercase.