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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Repair of Elongated Bearing Holes by Rebushing


A clock movement with a broken mainspring and a few elongated bearing holes 
An elongated bearing hole with old punch marks,
attempted by previous repairman to tighten or close the hole
A new bushing is installed instead of old method of punching  
A worn bearing hole will not hold the pivot firmly in it's position
which causes the clock to stop working
A new bushing installed to hold the pivot in position