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| | | | Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17 | The 1952 216 runs like a dream for about ten minutes and then the points come out of adjustment. I set back to roughly .020 and it runs great, then slips again. Every time I check it to readjust, the screw is still tight but it's out of adjustment. I am thinking the bracket underneath is slipping but I'm not totally sure.
Anyone else experience this or have a remedy?
Thanks! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 608 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 608 | First thing I would look at is the screw holding the points in,and then the threads in the hole to which the screw goes into.....
either one of them could be stripped or missing a thread and the screw won,t hold.
steve sr.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 | If the gap is getting closer, look at the rubbing block. I'll bet it's wearing due to a rough spot on the cam.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | To build on Jerry's reply a bit you do have the cam lubricated adequately??? An unlubed rubbing block will close the point gap in a hurry.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17 | I have not lubed it since I purchased. What kind of lube goes on there? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 | Use a very light coat of high temperature grease, LIKE "disc brake" wheel bearing grease. a little goes a long way, but it MUST be there. Some good-quality point sets come with a small capsule of lube in the package with the points.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 | Ever see a set of points with no rubbing block? That is why. It is a cam and the rubbing block is the lifter. You can polish the rough spots with some 1000 grit paper. It won't change the shape unless you go crazy with it. Just smooth to the touch is good. I put a little grease on my finger, rub it with my thumb. Take most off the finger and thumb with a paper towel. And rub the finger and thumb on the cam. That is all it takes.
Steve H
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17 | Thanks, fellas. I will get some grease on there and check that there aren't any rough spots on the cam before firing it up again. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | I use assembly lube. It's lightweight and VERY slippery.
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
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