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30-6-2019 10:51:31  #1


Margin stop/ carriage binding on bell lever- Remington portable

On my Remington Model 5 Portable, the margin stop (A in the below picture) binds on the bell lever (B in the below picture). The bell lever is clearly beveled to allow the margin stop to pass over it... however the bell lever appears to be too high so that then the margin stop hits the bell lever it isn’t gliding over it. I can’t seem to tell if the margin stop is too low or the bell lever is too high. Is there an adjustment on this machine for this? I could carefully bend it with pliers but the machine was working fine earlier so I think it’s an adjustment. Thank you. Jim

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01-7-2019 13:04:18  #2


Re: Margin stop/ carriage binding on bell lever- Remington portable

Hi Jim

Just looked at my Remington Nº 5 streamlined portable and yes, your bell arm is bent. It looks like the chamfered  pin on the bell arm should be sitting perfectly vertical and the pin on the margin stop should contact the chamfer about 1/3 the way up the chamfer on carriage return.

When the bell is activated, the bell arm should swing horizontally while being pushed by the margin stop, then release as the pin passes the 'ding' point. On carriage return. the margin rail should lift vertically over the bell pin as the margin stop pin rides up and over the bell arm pin. Hope this makes sense,

Sky


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01-7-2019 23:10:50  #3


Re: Margin stop/ carriage binding on bell lever- Remington portable

Thanks Sky I believe you are correct. I am going to remove the piece and carefully bend it back.

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