Teletype 43K001/AAA, Repair Manual

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To remove the spacebar bail:
(a) Remove spacebar (See Fig. 5 ).
(b) Place 346257 tool over either spacebar
housing and press downward. When the
tool bottoms and embossed projections snap
into notches on housing, squeeze and pull back
on the tool to lift housing up. (Fig. 6).
HOUSING
CHANNEL
TINES
tP
Fig. 6-Spacebar Housing Removal
Note:
The tines of the tool must pass between
the housing and the inside of the tines of the
channel.
(c) Repeat (b) for the other housing
and lift
out both housings with bail.
(d) Remove bail from housings by snapping
out of housing tab.
To r
easse
mble the spacebar mechanism:
(a) Snap the bail into the tabs on the space­
bar housings as shown below.
HOUSING
CHANNEL
BAIL
(Front)
Fig. 7-Wire Bail and Housing Assembly
MANUAL 525, 3-3
(b) Snap the two spacebar housings into the
keyboard channel. See Fig. 7. Make sure
the four tines of the channel engage the notches
in the spacebar housing.
(c) Place the spacebar into the guide slots in
the left and right housing. Position the
bail into the notch (one left side and one right
side) on the spacebar. Push down on the space­
bar snapping it into place in the housing. See
Fig. 8.
SPACEBAR
(Left View)
Fig. 8-Spacebar Assembly
(d) Check mechanical operation of the space­
bar
so
that it returns to its unoperated
position freely when depressed and released
slowly.
Keytops
To remove the keytops (Fig. 9):
(a) There are two types of keytops
used
on
the keyboard.
(1)
Control Keytop
Indicator
Nonindicator
(2) Data Keytop
Fig. 9-Keytops