>Thanks Tom. I'll try some of that. But not until I have lit a few candles, >turned out the lights and tried "Blood sacrifice, bat wings and incense - >not in any particular order.....Ron N". My guess is that Ron's suggestion >has a lot more potential (for something - spiritual cleansing at least). But >if his doesn't work, I'll get my checkering file out & try lifting a >backcheck wire or two (with the lights on). > >Terry Farrell All right, all right, I'll do it straight. If cleaning up the tails with a quick light sanding, and adjusting the back check angle to the "checks most reliably in this particular action" position (you know the one) won't make it work adequately, then it's not going to work adequately until the real reasons for it not working adequately in the first place are addressed. I don't much like roughing tails, since that's just medicating the symptoms. If the tail arc looks reasonable and back check condition and height is in the ballpark, then I'd check (sorry) the repetition spring next to see if it's buried in tacky goo. Cleaning, lubricating, and readjusting that spring heals up a lot of peculiar little checking problems. I'd also look at the action centers to make sure everything is firm and free. If the tail arc or back check condition are the limiting conditions to getting the checking to work, they either need to be corrected or the fact that the action won't check reliably can be ignored. How high a performance level is expected from a job where you're working with what you've got, and how much of a "parts modification" budget are you working within. There's a realistic limit of expectation in there somewhere too, though it often surprises me by being higher than I expected. Then again, it's lower once in a while as well. Ron N
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