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Author Topic: simplex x-l Thomas Moore Film Handler Posts: 56 From: Imperial, Mo USA Registered: Oct 2005 posted 07-15-2009 04:13 PM                        ill make this quick. out of the blue today...and every run so far, half of the top loop jumps or gets pulled beneath the gear between the 2 pad rollers. never had an issue until opening potter today. thanks  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-15-2009 04:20 PM                     First make sure there is not undue back tension on the film going into the machine. If thats ok then check the clearance between the pad rollers and the sprocket. Two thicknesses of film should just contact the pad rollers in the closed position. If there is too much clearance then most likely the pad rollers need to be replaced and re-adjusted for proper clearance... pad rollers don't last for ever. While you're checking the pad rollers there is a dowel pin inserted in the center of the width of the sprocket and that goes down into a groove in the sprocket shaft... make sure that pin hasn't fallen out allowing the top sprocket to essentially freewheel. Lastly it's certainly possible for the gear itself to be loose from it's hub which is in turn secured to that sprockets shaft. I've seen ALL of the above happen over the years... could be any of them!! Hope this helps... Mark  |  IP: Logged Thomas Moore Film Handler Posts: 56 From: Imperial, Mo USA Registered: Oct 2005 posted 07-15-2009 04:55 PM                        sorry i forgot to mention it happens only at splices. worked fine last run last night. now new film and it started doing what i described. thanks again  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 07-15-2009 05:27 PM                     Also, check the feed sprocket pad roller spring and make sure it is holding the roller assembly closed. I've seen film jump sprocket when a splice passed because of a broken spring.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-15-2009 05:36 PM                     as with the splices, sounds like they holes weren't punched out all the way and the tape is actually covering the sprocketholes causing the upper loop problem.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-15-2009 09:07 PM                       Watch yer teaser title...  |  IP: Logged Thomas Moore Film Handler Posts: 56 From: Imperial, Mo USA Registered: Oct 2005 posted 07-17-2009 06:23 PM                        I changed the pad rollers. checked all splices etc...on the pad roller assembly there are only the small hex bolts to remove the 2 rollers. there is nothing to adjust the spacing or tension of the roller assembly, and i did notice when the pad rollers are shut the roller on the right, is frozen on the gear and wont spin.....  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-17-2009 07:04 PM                     Thomas, Go to the manuals section of this site. Look up the Simplex XL manual (1960). Go to page 56 of the PDF where it shows page 4-11 of the manual. There you will see the adjustment screw and the locking nut for it. You might print it and take it to the machine for reference. The proper spacing is 2 thicknesses of film. Hope this helps. KEN You might want the title of this thread to read something like "Simplex XL losing upper loop"  |  IP: Logged Thomas Moore Film Handler Posts: 56 From: Imperial, Mo USA Registered: Oct 2005 posted 07-17-2009 08:52 PM                        ok thanks i located it and will loosin it to see if that was the prob. the light in the booth sucks bad and i couldnt see the adjustment. what are the odds that is the prob?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 07-18-2009 04:56 AM                        100%, but also be aware that there are 2 pad rollers. One is normal and the other is eccentric, so that both can be set to the 2 thichnesses mentioned above. Louis  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-18-2009 01:11 PM                     You have to adjust the pad roller arm first with the front stop allen setscrew for the rear pad roller at the thickness, then you adjust the eccentric shaft for the front pad roller thickness. -Monte  |  IP: Logged

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