It seems that the carriage was designed to be very easily removable. NOTE: There is no need to be concerned at this stage about any other springs, linkages, the mainspring, draw-string etc. Remove the two outer screws and then carefully lift the carriage away. Again using the the carriage-release lever, (because the escapement is seized) move the carriage all the way to the right to expose the screws that hold the carriage on the left side. I would recommend that the adjusting cam and screw remain untouched at this time. You will see that the carriage is held in place on the right by two screws, with an adjusting cam and screw in between them. Set the left and right margins to their extremes, and use the carriage-release lever to the move the carriage all the way to the left. Re-position the typewriter so that it is facing you as if for typing. Remove the spring shown with a spring hook and some needle-nose pliers. Place the typewriter on its back on a soft work surface (I use a piece of “BORRIS” or “KRISTRUP” door mat from Ikea) and you will see that there is an access hole on the base of the typewriter. It was sitting on the curb.Here’s how I like to fix the seized bearing problem: While I was replacing the drawband, I reflected on the typewriter drawbands that I have known: Super classy! We’ll see if it holds up and doesn’t slip off. Here is my shoelace hooked on the right side of the carriage:Īnd here is the shoelace hooked onto the mainspring drum (I wound the mainspring about 3.5 rotations before attaching the draw strap: Using a bamboo skewer ( I will always be indebted to Robert Messenger for his documentation and use of the bamboo skewer in drawband replacement) and fed the shoelace through to the mainspring. I then removed the cover and carriage from the Lexikon 80 – see Rob Bowker’s great tutorial – and pulled off the old detached draw string. I repeated this on the other end of my shoelace draw band. I inserted my shoelace and tapped the hooked retainer closed. I made sure that the sharp triangular teeth were poking up – these grab the draw band. I found them and pried their little jaws open – these secured the old drawstrap. I had held onto the Lexikon 80’s two original drawstrap hooks for sentimental reasons. I cut a piece of shoelace about 17 inches long – which is about the length of the original draw band: I bought some flat black shoelaces at the grocery – $1.79. I decided to try my luck with shoelace since it would be a bit closer to the original draw strap material. Replacement fishing line draw string that slipped off

Imperial 50 carriage removal