Greetings, your Kiwi friend here again.
I took your advice and have had the reel and bottom blade professionally sharpened.The tradesman said the blades were 'as hard as hell' and he had to dress his grinding wheel a couple of times to do it. They were a bit rusty, and he had to take quite a bit off the bottom, so I have ended up with a shaver blade !
My question is, upon reassembly I have noticed that there are two springs , one on each side, that I think sit inside the collar that you use for adjustment of the reel. The way they seem to be designed, looks like the springs are not really doing anything, as the collar screws rigid on to the bronze bearing housing at the bottom, and the top gets tightened up against the steel mounting blocks that are held on by two bolts. Am I assembling it correctly? Your comments would be appreciated. One other thing, on the photo above( maybe its below, I have lost it) the two bolts that hold the metal rectangular block in place are didderent. One weems to screw into a threaded portion on the block and the other requires a nut. Is that correct, or has my machine been butchered at some time. It also looks like the bolt that holds the block on the chain side has a thinner head to give clearance for the chain,so I guess that is where I should fit that one.
Thank you boys.
