Re: (ET) E20 Foot Switch Lube

["Harold Zimmerman-Clean Power Supply" <cleanpower att net>]

 Steve,
 I add a smaller OD spring inside the original for more return pressure. 
Replacing the original with a longer or stiffer spring is generally not a 
good solution as it can keep the mechanism from depressing far enough to 
get the highest speeds.
 Also, light oil rather than grease is the recommended lube.
 Sincerely,
 Harold Z.
On May 19, 2013 at 10:55pm -0400, you wrote:

>The pedal is a bit loose - I guess I need to go through it.  Maybe I
>just need to clean everything up and add some light lube. I thought
>about the spring - a bit of extra spring force would probably do it.
>
>Frankly I haven't tried to look at it in detail yet. I looked in the
>service manual and didn't see anything there. I figured this might be a
>common problem, with a known solution. Maybe not.
>
>-SteveS
>
>On 5/19/2013 5:28 PM, Christopher Zach wrote:
>> Hm. I replaced the two pins that go into the footboard on the pedal
>> with a real good door hinge, and it works a lot better. I think it
>> cocks to the side, contributing to friction that causes it to stick.
>>
>> There should also be a way to adjust the spring force, or you could
>> get a stronger spring. I used a thin layer of lithium grease on mine,
>> tends to stick a bit more in the winter.
>>
>> C
>>
>> On 5/19/2013 2:14 PM, SteveS wrote:
>>> Every now and then my E20 foot switch sticks just enough so it doesn't
>>> come all the way back up.  This makes it so it will not run again after
>>> changing direction or depressing the brake unless I manually pull the
>>> slider back up (pulling up on the foot pedal usually does not do it).
>>> I've cleaned it and tried various lubes on it (forget what I tried last
>>> time), but evidently I don't have it set up right. It's like the spring
>>> isn't strong enough, but I suspect it is really misalignment or an 
>>> error
>>> in lubrication (too much, too little, wrong type).
>>>
>>> Any words of wisdom?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> SteveS
>>>
>>>
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