This Olivetti Lettera 22 has a problem which I cannot fathom - and I've tried everything I know. I've taken it completely apart, gone over all the workings, reassembled it, and it still won't type properly. But if you put the slightest bit of pressure on the right side of the carriage, it works fine. Take your finger off the end of the carriage and nothing happens, it jams up. The drawband and mainspring are obviously fine, so it's something else.
2 comments:
Perhaps it’s how the escapement engages the rack gear? Maybe too little clearance?
Sounds like that carriage problem could be a frozen carriage bearing.
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