Recent content by Anders C

The bar retaining bit was indeed the wrong way round, but the halfnut still won't move down enough. I changed the spring for a weaker one, that didn't help either. And I had to try tightening the vice hard after your answer, and the halfnut jumps. But by holding the lever for the quick release...

Thanks for the help Nabs. I will try do dig up some softer springs and test them out. The flat bar is indeed a little twisted, but I tried to move the halfnut with the flat bar removed and using a big screwdriver as "leveler or prying bar?"(what will be the correct word?). And the spring will...

Hi! I bought an old Record 52 1/2 online. But I could not get the quick release to work, so I tried to look for any obvious problem. My idea is that the spring for the halfnut is to thick in thread diameter and therefore the halfnut won´t go down far enough before the spring is max. compressed...