Mainspring Adjustment - IBM C-1 Customer Engineering Reference Manual

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Adjustments

I. MAIHSPRING. CAUTION: Extreme care must

be exercised when servicing this assembly to avoid

injury

resulting from a disengaged mainspring.

Tension is adjusted by placing the loop of the car-

riage tension-tape on various lugs of the mainspring

drum. This adjustment may be checked through the

follQwing steps:

A. Position the carriage so that the tip of the

tab check-lever is directly opposite the last tab-

stop on the right end of the rack.

B. Set the last tab-stop.

C. Hold the carriage to prevent any movement

and latch the tab lever out.

D. Gently position the set tab-stop against the

tab-check lever and release the carriage.

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