The thing is on actions with a single spring for both the jack return and rep-lever what you do to one you do to both. So if you lower rep-spring strength then you have two factors that move against the jack getting back under the knuckle as quickly as you might like. First, the lever itself wont support quite the same weight which increases the <<bearing>> on the lever by the knuckle. On a borderline adjustment this can hang the jack top up on the knuckle. Secondly the jack itself isnt pulled back as strong as before. >>>>This is a valid point Ric. Like many of you, I hold fast to LaRoy's "big 3" before regulation: "are the hammers off the rail, have you got drop, and have you got rep. spring tension? Much as I would like to race through these, a question I've added to my notes is "one spring or two?" If the answer is one, then rather than merely confirm spring tension, I am going to adjust it, (as in "light-as-functional") right now. And rather than just confirm there "is" drop, I'm likely going to dial it up pretty close too,.. and probably rough in the checking (you know why) and all of this even before step #1 on the regulating check list. I know this may sound like a lot of work up-front, but in the circumstance described earlier, it certainly saves trouble later on. And by the way, I will give creedence to the remarks from both yourself and Ed regarding balancier pinning, next time I encounter this problem. thanks! Mark Cramer, Brandon University
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