Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 2/29/2008

Question
QUESTION: hello i have a grandfather clock and it only runs for an hour and then stops can u help or give me some ideas
thanks

ANSWER: how old is the clock and when was it last professionally lubricated?

make sure the weights are heaviest on the right and next heaviest in the center.

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QUESTION: the clock is from the 1980s and it we just lubricated ourselfs and it only runs for exactly 55 min then stops then we can get it going again for another 55 min then stops again

Answer
acts like a bent hand shaft. 55 minutes from whenever you set the time?? is the minute hand always pointing at the same number on the dial?? Will it run for another 55 minutes again, after stopping, by only starting the pendulum swinging, or do you have to set the hands again?