Clock Repair...

[Stephen L.]

I found this to be a good article and wanted to share it - thanks, sl

http://members.aol.com/jjneyjr/clock/grepair2.htm

[John F.]

Re: Clock Repair...

Great write-up! Makes sense to me...jf

[Alan S.]

Re: Clock Repair...

Hi Stephen,
That's a interesting article. I was amused by the addendum... setting the clock to keep accurate time must be why some repairers keep your clock for 7 weeks - they make sure it's REALLY, REALLY accurate.
Regards,
Alan

[David K.]

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I assume the same thing will work for a C1 clock. How does one get the knob off that sets the hands?

[Roberto L.]

Re: Clock Repair...

I found this to be a good article and wanted to share it - thanks, sl

http://members.aol.com/jjneyjr/clock/grepair2.htm

Yes, its a good article. There are other articles in GM, Ford and Mopar about rebuilding those Borg clocks, all are more or less the same save the external container.

Recently I had the opportunity to work in several shark clocks. Some were just dirty, with some cleaning they started to work again. Other had burned points, I had to file them with care and it worked!! Finally the worst was a burn coil (there is a previous post about the battery connection procedure and those clock points).

You can see the burned coil inspecting it visually and/or checking the continuity between the positive clock post and the winding arm. This situation presents some difficulty to me (coil rewiring) and sometimes its better to change the mechanism.

Best regards

[Joe M.]

Re: Clock Repair...

To remove the knob from a C1 clock, hold the stem with a pair of needle nose pliers and pull the knob off.

[David K.]

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Huh, I figured they would have been secured more than with a friction fit. Now I know. Thanks for the reply.