Originally Posted by
Ulophot
Ben, this is not an answer to your question but is relevant. I have a D2 also, with the gears even more chewed up. One cause of this, I have learned, can be a mismatch between the pull of the springs and the weight of the head. Ideally, the head should move up and down with finger pressure. Good luck with that; at least, I have never gotten to that point. However, I did not think about it when I started using a coldlight head decades ago. Whether the teeth were already so chewed then, I don't recall; the enlarger came well used and I'm not mechanically minded (understatement). When I started using a light-weight LED head in the past year is when it really required effort to lower the head. In correspondence with the place in Canada that supplies parts for old Omegas, I was told to added weight to get a balance. I got some cheap lead weights off the web that I have tied onto the carriage back, about 6.5 lbs, I think. Major difference.
I'm on a waiting list for a new gear assembly; I should probably check in with the gentleman again, but these items are not made often.
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