[GreenKeys] Kleinschmidt morning sickness

[tony.podrasky]

I had a TT-100B/FG.

It had a problem: it worked fine when receiving data at
full speed (tape operation) but if someone was typing slow
enough it would sometimes mess up the characters. There was
no rhyme or reason to that.

I tried adjusting one of the trip pawls. I was not aware of
the maxim: "when you make an adjustment, turn the motor by hand
and make sure there isn't any binding". I turned the motor on and
stripped out one of the fiber gears. Fortunately one of the guys
had a TT-100B/FG for spare parts and I got a new gear and had to
R/R the main shaft.

While doing that, I realized what the problem was: there was a
compression spring against a felt washer. I immediately knew that
was what needed adjustment. I finished assembly, checked it over
and fired up the TT. It had the exact same problem as before I
worked on it. I now adjusted the compression spring. I checked
it by turning the motor by hand. Then I fired it up and ran some
fast and slow traffic to it. It worked perfectly.

SO: if you have a TT that needs to warm up, you might take a look
at the fiber gear on the main shaft and see if there is a spring
pushing against it. As I recall, it was threaded so that I was
able to make small adjustments to it.

DISCLAIMER: this was back in 1970. My remembrance might not be perfect...

UE,
K2EAA - TONY
NNNN
ZCZC


On 09/11/2016 11:14 AM, duncanancy at earthlink.net wrote:
> I agree with Steve - KLIs dont normally need warm - up time. However
> I have seen the warm - up problem - on a unit that had not been run
> in a few decades.
>
>
> Duncan
>
> K2OEQ
>
>
> Sent from my Kleinschmidt TT-4/TG
>
> ------ Original message------
>
> *From: *Steve Garrison
>
> *Date: *Sun, Sep 11, 2016 10:44
>
> *To: *Jim Plummer;
>
> *Cc: *greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>;Jim Haynes;
>
> *Subject:*Re: [GreenKeys] Kleinschmidt morning sickness
>
> I just came up with a new signature after seeing Jim'sSteve
> G./N4TTYSent from my Kleinschmidt TT-98> On Sep 11, 2016, at 09:29,
> Jim Plummer  wrote:> > If the machine is garbling, it may be as
> simple as adjusting the range.  This is an operator task.   Or, it
> could be one of the friction clutch springs needs adjusting or a
> clutch felt needs replacing.  > > > > Sent from my Vibroplex> > >> On
> Sep 11, 2016, at 08:34, Jim Haynes  wrote:>> >> So I guess my
> correspondent is speaking as a user of the KL machines>> rather than
> as one trained to repair them.  And the ones he encountered>> were
> suffering from the same lack of maintenance as mine.  No doubt it's>>
> something sticky in the selector that has to warm up before it
> quits>> sticking.  I just poured in a lot of oil, and have not tried
> to use the>> machine for months.>> >>
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