rockola write in carriage adjustment

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rockola write in carriage adjustment

by ed22 » Wed May 20, 2015 7:44 am

I finally got my write in carriage to put proper pin in play position. Now the carriage trips the right pin but then carries on past to the next pin where it stops Although the right pin is selected, I can see this as being an issue. I read and attempted to follow the adjustment in the manual but the carriage doesn't seem to be moving. Anyone have any tips on how to adjust this or why it just seemed to start?


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Re: rockola write in carriage adjustment

by clones » Wed May 20, 2015 10:12 am

Hi
Only a guess when you had the chassis out of the machine did you dismantle the write in read out arms and wobble plate, maybe the write in arm is not fully tightly in . Those small hex screws are hard to loosen and tighten
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Re: rockola write in carriage adjustment

by Ron Rich » Wed May 20, 2015 3:55 pm

Hi Ed,
I am not quit sure I understand what you are saying---?
Are you saying the WI motor stops, pin is hammered, and then the motor moves the carriage further on ?
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Re: rockola write in carriage adjustment

by ed22 » Wed May 20, 2015 4:47 pm

No, its like the WI is moving too fast. It selects the correct pin but comes to rest centered over the next pin. This is all in one motion. It is as if whatever tells it to stop us slightly late.


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Re: rockola write in carriage adjustment

by Ron Rich » Wed May 20, 2015 4:58 pm

Ed,
?? How is it "pushing the correct pin" ?? Did you properly, OIL the WI motor--that motor uses a "fly clutch" that should instantly cause the armature to retract from the gearbox, the instant the power is removed--I'm GUESSING that this is not happening ?? Ron Rich


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Re: rockola write in carriage adjustment

by ed22 » Wed May 20, 2015 6:44 pm

Ron,
I'm not sure how it is either. But it sure slaps it as it goes by and stops just past. Ill work on oilng that motor. Interesting though, per before I had the index issues, this never happened. But to be fair, I have been burning that motor up testing. Thanks for the suggestions.
Clones, yes I dismantled the selector but not the WI. I'll double check to make sure she's are all tight.


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Re: rockola write in carriage adjustment

by Ron Rich » Thu May 21, 2015 12:52 am

Ed, Whatever you do--do NOT dis-assemble the WI motor--almost impossible to re-align !!
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Re: rockola write in carriage adjustment

by ed22 » Wed May 27, 2015 3:08 am

I oiled the WI motor and that seems to have fixed the "stopping to late" issue. Thanks for the advice.

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