Western Electric 8 dial--Spring accessibility

[WesternElectricBen]

Hi,

I have a spring in my phone, on a type 8 dial which came un-hooked. It is the type where you cannot easily work on it. Is their a way to remove that gold colored cover with the three circles? Or do I just have to cut it, and hope I'm lucky?

Ben

[southernphoneman]

Hi,

I have a spring in my phone, on a type 8 dial which came un-hooked. It is the type where you cannot easily work on it. Is their a way to remove that gold colored cover with the three circles? Or do I just have to cut it, and hope I'm lucky?

Ben

hi Ben, I have bad news, I was in touch with steve hilz about this very same thing and he told me when he works on a rotary like this he will take a part like that, whether it be a 8 or a 9 series dial, and scrap it and replace it with either new old stock or a spare one as for the governor cover they are sealed and can't be removed . the 6 and 7 series rotaries are easier to work on because they governor is easily accessable.,Gregg

[Contempra]

If you need to bent the spring, you need a small pair of plier .. My Princess phone has a dial number 8FA and it has no rivets and all plastic and the spring in the governor is around a shaft. I can't remove it but I can slightly bent the spring and the the problem is solved as said. My dial was too sluggished and now it works fine

PS: that was my humble opinion and I know someone is better than me in the phones here..

[WesternElectricBen]

Contempra: I think it's too far disconnected to do that, but thanks anyway.

Gregg, thanks for the info, I think first I'm going to try to cut it open. I mean, no harm in trying.

Il tell you how it turns out,

Ben

[southernphoneman]

Contempra: I think it's too far disconnected to do that, but thanks anyway.

Gregg, thanks for the info, I think first I'm going to try to cut it open. I mean, no harm in trying.

Il tell you how it turns out,

Ben

great and if you succeed let me know how you did it because than I can try it with mine,thanks and take care, Gregg

[WesternElectricBen]

No success, unless I could remount the bracket, which is not happening. Though it was worth a try, which I will go back to later. What I really should have done is, cut two of the tree spokes, so one still holds the governor in, but I have much more room to work on it.

But now I have a new issue,

Will a 8A dial and contacts work in a 8C system as a replacement?

Ben

[southernphoneman]

No success, unless I could remount the bracket, which is not happening. Though it was worth a try, which I will go back to later. What I really should have done is, cut two of the tree spokes, so one still holds the governor in, but I have much more room to work on it.

But now I have a new issue,

Will a 8A dial and contacts work in a 8C system as a replacement?

Ben

Ben, I am not sure if you are looking for a replacement or not but I was just on ebay and saw this 8A rotary,http://www.ebay.com/item/331073109543,Gregg

[WesternElectricBen]

Darn. I'm actually in need of a 8C. I don't think that fits.

Ben

[G-Man]

Though you don't mention the telephone it is used in I surmise it's for your 634-central office recording console.

Since it was never intended to have a speakerphone connected to it, for display purposes an 8A should suffice.

[G-Man]

Though you don't mention the telephone it is used in I surmise it's for your 634-central office recording console.

Since it was never intended to have a speakerphone connected to it, for display purposes an 8A should suffice.

I forgot to add...

[WesternElectricBen]

Though you don't mention the telephone it is used in I surmise it's for your 634-central office recording console.

Since it was never intended to have a speakerphone connected to it, for display purposes an 8A should suffice.

Yes, you are correct,

and thanks G-Man, so I will be using a princess phone dial in it.

Though, my confusion is, the 8C dial has more leads than the 8A dial, what should I do with those?

Ben

[poplar1]

Insulate and store the extra leads. They were used to mute the speaker to suppress the sound of  dial pulses.

[Contempra]

My dial is 8FA on my princess phone, so I probably need to change for a ( 8A )because mine is  all plastic...my spring on the governor is almost inaccessible but I managed to bent the spring and it works well but I think that this dial is cheaped..

[WesternElectricBen]

Insulate and store the extra leads. They were used to mute the speaker to suppress the sound of  dial pulses.

Okay, thank you! I will either convert it tonight or tomorrow. Luckily Thanksgiving break we only have 2 days of school this week.

Ben

[LM Ericsson]

I use a push pin to grab the hooks of the governor spring and it works well to put it back in, although it is tricky at times