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Thanks! This is just what I needed to know. I won't worry too much about the exact speed, but it was still puzzling me why it was off.

After replacing the quadrant gear, I'm trying to set the slowest speed so it's around 700 RPMs. Right now it's at 900 RPMs. (I know this accurately because I recorded a video clip at a high frame rate and counted 150 turns in 10 seconds.) Anyway, the belt on the upper sheave sticks out *past* the ...

Thanks, guys! Yeah, the quadrant gear's teeth are definitely mashed up, though not totally destroyed. I will eventually replace that.

On my Mark V, when I crank the speed towards slow, it's now possible to crank right past the "Slow" mark by a significant amount. (The equivalent of almost 3 letters before "A".) This just started happening, I believe right after I accidentally turned it off at high speed and then cranked it back to ...

Thank you! Now I understand: "spring thing" = governor.

Thanks. I popped the springs off, but I still can't access the slotted screw dead-on because there's still a part in the way (the thing up and to the right of the screw in the picture). I can probably get that part out, but I'd be bending the metal :-/ If I try turning the screw now (from an angle ...

I'm trying to take apart the motor on a Mark V that I inherited. I think I need to remove the screw in the picture, but can't get at it because of the spring thing in the way. Any tips? I found helpful videos for tearing down the headstock, but couldn't find anything for taking apart the motor ...