Mounting Post The movements threaded post comes in three lengths. If you do not use a pendulum, you can just lock the pendulum swinger to one side and not use it. Please note although this is a pendulum unit, you can use it with or without the pendulum. The pendulum has three bob diameter options to choose from, the bob is the round disk at the bottom of the pendulum rod. However you can shorten it to anything less than 16 inches with ease. Pendulum This movement supports a pendulum that is 16 inches at its longest length. All hands are sold separately and are offered here as well. The hour hand goes on as a friction fit, then the minute hand goes on the upper post with its nut. This means the hour hand will have a round hole and the minute hand would have a oblong hole. As far as the quartz units go, we only have the standard American āIā shaft units and hands. Hands Any of the hands we sell for quartz clock movements will fit this unit. Choose between Westminster chime on every quarter and then striking out the hour, or choose Westminster or Ave Maria or Bim Bam on the top of the hour only. Sound This is the only unit with four options for the chime. The pendulum motion does not have anything to do with the timekeeping on this unit. This is a pendulum unit but you can use it with or without the pendulum. The knob on the back is so the time can be set by the back, in case you have the hands not easily accessible from the front. QU40 Chime-Pendulum Clock Movement Notes Movement The new QU40 Chime-Pendulum Clock Movement has step motion timekeeping accuracy and includes a time setting knob on the back of the unit. You are done installing you're brand new quartz clock movement ! If using a second hand, screw the small donut on top of minute hand and then push the second hand onto the pin in the center of the unit.If you are not using a second hand, screw the cap nut on. If using a second hand, skip to step 9.This is a friction fit and should be pushed all the way down on the post without it touching the clock face. Push hour hand on the post (smaller of the 2 hands with round hole).Put hex nut on post and tighten to hold movement to the back of the clock face ā you may use needle nose pliers to get a tighter fit, however do not crank it down so tight that it ruins the clock face.Slide the brass washer onto the post of the movement that is sticking out of the clock dial face.Quartz Movement Assembly These are the assembly instructions for the time only quartz clock movement into the clock case. Of course, once the hex nut is off, the quartz clock movement will just fall out of the back side of the dial (face). So, use the same needle nose pliers to just turn the hex nut some to the left so you can unscrew it with your fingers. Removing the hex nut Then you will see a hex nut (six sided nut). Simply twist the hand and pull it toward you until it comes off. Next is the hour hand, this is only a friction fit with a round hole in the hand, the tube its on is tapered fatter as it goes down into the movement. To take this off, hold the minute hand still as you turn the nut to the left with needle nose pliers to loosen the nut so you can take it off with your fingers. The other style (the kind we sell) has the nut on the top of the minute hand to hold it down. Obviously, the friction fit with no nut style just pulls straight off like the second hand did. The second type has a perfectly round hole in the hand in comparison to the oblong hole of the first style. One type has the nut holding it down and the other kind has a minute hand only held in place by friction. Removing the hands If there is a second hand on the clock, grab it with your thumb nails and pull straight off of the clock to take it off. Once you're at the point where you can remove the hands, and also the back of the quartz unit, you're good to start replacing the unit. You may have to remove some screws, or if there is a bezel you may have to bend the bezel tabs a little to get it off. You may find yourself trying to figure out how the clock case was put together, in order to take it apart enough to get to the dial. Sometimes it is very easy to get to the dial and hands, other times the dial has a glass covering it. Getting to the dial There are many case designs and styles and there is no telling what way your clock case is made to get to the dial (face) of the clock. Removing a Bad Unit The first step to replacing a quartz movement, is to be able to get to the movement from the back and also the front where the hands are.
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