![]() ![]() Most of the time there will be identification markings that will reveal if it is a Regula cuckoo clock movement. Any cuckoo clock made after this time has an 80 percent chance of being a Regula. I hope I'm right and that's all there is to it.Most cuckoo clocks made after 1950 have movements that are made by the Regula cuckoo clock movement company. My guess is that over time that wire lever can get out of adjustment. I ran it through several 12 hour sequences and it seems to work OK. After bending it a bit I find the cuckoo door now opens slightly more (before it was a bit inadequate) and the problem seems to have ceased. What I found is that the amount of travel of the wire lever is affected by bending it. However, as with everything else on a cuckoo clock it is 'bend to adjust'. Then the clock will strike the next hour. I can activate it by hand, for example, by opening the door and pushing the lever. The strike is activated by a lever that swings forward to push another lever that trips the activation of the strike. It is very strong and there is more than enough impetus to provide a strong effect on pushing the hook down, as it should be to stop in the count wheel. On the hour strike side there is a helper spring wire that is attached to the top pillar. This clock has side doors (one on either side where you can view each mechanism that runs each bird). (Off once every 12 hours = off by two in 24 hours).īut I may have solved the problem (I hope). I mentioned that it could be two hours off - but that's in a 24 hour period. Other than the 12-1 o'clock slot, rocking the countĪhead and backwards, the stop lever should neverĬlick to expand.Yes, I know that about the slot. With the stop lever in the slot for something This can be tested by removing the weight from theĬuckoo strike and rocking the count wheel aheadĪnd back. Point that the stop lever was slightly out of timing Let the count wheel gradually shift a little to the I'm going back to the bushing right behind the pinion This doesn't explain why it has been getting You worked on it that the stop lever was bent a little. If it is not centered in the slot, it may be that when The count wheel after a regular strike at two o'clock It would be better if we had a picture straight on Really close to the leading edge of the slot in Means, all but the 12-1 slot are single strikes.īack to the picture, the stop lever seems to be The count wheel only counts the hour strikes. I missunderstoad the sequence for the cuckoo/quail. It can't be anything from the count wheel to Like I said, the count wheel isn't getting out of Likely be that the pinion is skipping gears on The ratchet and star wheel could also be slipping Wheel is not well engaged with the pinion The picture does show that the gear on the count Or the chain ratchet and star wheel are slipping Wheel ( which looks like it is possible from the picture ) If the pinion on the chainwheel is pinned to theĪrbor of the chain wheel, there are only twoĮither the pinion is skipping gears on the count The flutes, gong and quail are all started from He states that the countwheel does not get I've just been trying to pin down symptoms.Īfter the count wheel, and slippage would cause ![]() ![]() I have had these springs fall out, as they are only pressed in through a small hole in the front plate.īTW, a weight that is too heavy will cause the same problem. All of them have tension springs, a straight piece of spring wire that runs from the front plate to the count hook assembly. ![]() I have three c-q clocks and four spare movements. On two accasions at 10, I actually watched the count hook bounce out of the slot in the count wheel. The quail has been calling with no problem also. This clock, as yours, ran for years with no problem striking. It got worse the more often I either adjusted the tension wire or took the movement apart. Sometimes the clock would run fine for 2-3 days, but it would eventually strike a greater number than the hands indicated. After 24 hours it could be ahead any number. The c-q that I had a problem with would occasionally and at random jump ahead at least one hour. I would think that in a case like that, the strike would be behind and not ahead. The small pinion that drives the count wheel, now that could be worn or damaged and it slipping could stop the count wheel from advancing. I fail to see any possible connection between a ratchet click and the number of strikes. ![]()
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