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COVER PROVIDES JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ABRASION TO CLEAN THEM.  DONT
OVERDO IT.  BEARINGS START BY REPLACING THE LEVER IN ITS BEARINGS.  LEAVE
THE SPRINGS AND STOP ADJUSTMENT FOR LATER SO YOU CAN TELL WHAT THE BEARINGS
ARE DOING.  BY ADJUSTING THE BEARINGS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE
TO POSITION THE MOVING CONTACT DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FIXED ONE.  NOW TIGHTEN
THE BEARINGS EQUALLY UNTIL THERE IS NO WOBBLE, BUT NOT TO THE POINT THAT
THE LEVER DRAGS IN THEM.  WHEN YOU HAVE THEM ADJUSTED CORRECTLY, TIGHTEN
THE LOCK NUTS AND RECHECK.  YOU WANT NO DRAG ON THE LEVER AS IT GOES UP AND
DOWN.  SPRING AND STOP INSTALL THE RETURN SPRING AND PUT IN ITS ADJUSTMENT
SCREW UNTIL IT JUST KEEPS IT CENTERED.  INSTALL THE STOP SCREW AND ADJUST
IT UNTIL THERE IS A GAP OF ABOUT 0R15 INCH ABOUT FIVE THICKNESSES OF PAD
PAPER BETWEEN THE CONTACTS.  TIGHTEN THE CONTACT ADJUSTMENT LOCK NUT
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