Ok. My $.02. I've repaired about 10 of them. Typically, the only serious issue is the fact that the steel "axle" has eaten out the cast housing- a serious design flaw.

So I take it completely apart. Yeah, the brass plug is a PIA. Then I clean everything in my glass bead cabinet. Then I polish the cast parts with a wire brush on my grinder. It makes it shine again.

Then reassemble and carefully clamp the "axle" in the housing to give it light tension on the "sector gear".

Now for the magic. Find a plain steel flat washer that has the same inside diameter as the outside diameter of the axle. Clean the washer like surgically clean. Now butter up the housing and the washer with the J&B and clamp the washer carefully to the housing- being careful to keep the J&B from touching the axle!

Now put it down and forget about it for 2 days. Yes, 48 hours. After that, use it. When I install the "tongue" I punch out the rivet, wind in the tongue, and then reinstall the rivet with a suitable punch.

Now your steel axle wears on a steel washer. They are matched and will be happy for many years.

If this seems too involved, send me a PM. I'll add yours to the queue.

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