Hi William, when I took the clock apart to clean I remember the fan being considerably tighter than the other 2 clocks I have sitting here I could hardly turn it on the shaft, is this normal? The whole chime side was a mess when I took it apart, such as the locking lever was riding on top of the cam wheel, There is one pinion that looks as if the tip of it is broken off, but still rides between the plates fine (?) I think. The second wheel that has the little pegs that catch the hammer lever as it strikes (terminology...I'm working on it
) all those pegs are not very straight if that means anything. One of the other wheels was bent. So I guess what I'm saying is that maybe something else could be wrong?
I keep looking, but I also keep going back to the fly. Guess I also wondered about the mainspring as the more it unwinds the slower the chiming is, which I suppose is normal...
I will take it apart to get some pictures, hopefully tomorrow. If not, within the next few days. You want pic's of it together I assume.?
BTW I did take the fly off the arbor before I put it in the vice
Thanks a lot,
Sherry