We just acquired some good/used Westy combos and I have a few questions. They all have mechanical start switches which I like and will keep and all of them stop very good except one. This particular one is very easy to crank (as compared to the others that stop well) and it does coast so I'm thinking it's purely a mechanical issue in the gearbox. I have it on a table and it seems to be working fine, with some minor cam adjustments. I've never taken one of these apart, I've only rebuilt Nationals, which are very easy to rebuild, and if you have a National coast you can adjust the carbon brushes in the motor to get it to stop properly (besides shimming the gearbox)- but Westys do not have carbon brushes, so....
-compared to Nationals, how easy are these to rebuild?
-if I have one coasting, what do I have to do to get it to stop, are there shims I can add and how do I do it? I thought I saw on here someone said you can partly open the gearbox on the machine to add shims...is this true?
-If I have one go bad would I be better off just sending it in for repair?
Thanks guys.
-compared to Nationals, how easy are these to rebuild?
-if I have one coasting, what do I have to do to get it to stop, are there shims I can add and how do I do it? I thought I saw on here someone said you can partly open the gearbox on the machine to add shims...is this true?
-If I have one go bad would I be better off just sending it in for repair?
Thanks guys.
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