Ii can make it chime by lifting a lever.
My wall clock will not chime.
The clock chimes several minutes before the hour when the hands are moved manually.
If you are unable to the stop pin will not catch correctly and the clock movement will not stop striking giving you the same problem as if the stop pin was broken off.
This is the chime warning wheel readying the chime mechanism for activation and is a normal sound.
The picture to the right shows the old and new locking pallet.
Chiming clocks come in all shapes and sizes and they generally signal each hour with a clang ding or chime.
Most of these issues can be easily fixed and don t involve delving into the movement s intricacies.
Turn the minute hand with a slow and smooth motion until the clock begins to chime and count out the hour.
The clocks will chime on the hour under normal operation.
Remove the nut and the minute hand.
The clock movement has been removed from its case amd mounted on a chair so that i can see all of the parts.
Solution is to go around 12 hours with the clock hands.
Check that the movement is not in the night off position.
If this does not solve the problem replace the batteries.
Using a small pliers loosen the small nut that holds the hands on their arbor.
Almost invariably problems with mantle clocks are related to the chime.
The clock sometimes won t strike the correct hour the chimes have the wrong tone the chime doesn t happen at the right time or the clock won t chime at all.
This being a mechanical clock it has no sensors to determine on its own what is night or day.
Ensure that the chime is not in the off position.
The heaviest weight is in the correct position.
If the clock does not chime it will not strike so therefore the clock remains silent.
The locking pallet on the right side is the old one.
Some chiming clocks even play a few bars of a song or simple tune.
Check that the strike on off lever in not in the strike off position or halfway between positions.
Just prior to the chime an audible metallic sound may be heard.
Chime is off will not chime.
What if my mechanical clock will not chime or strike.