1924 Ever Ready issues

[CDinVT]

Thank you. riverrun I examined both my examples after your post and diagrams and that spring was culprit on the right one (pic is after fix). There were some marks on the back side of spring and top cap and the spring was uneven. I guess a pervious owners handy work. I used thin needle nose pliers with rubberized coating on the jaws. I did a little at a time on each side on the ends of the spring with applying least minimal pressure, supporting the rivets with my thumb and test fitted a dummy modern blade every time I made adjustment. I stopped adjusting when the blade did not move on the stops when top cap was closed. It is only those 2 rivets that hold that spring on, and that spring lock ups the top cap of razor and provides pressure on the blade on the stops. I DO NOT RECOMMEND a novice or some one not mechanically inclined try this fix your self and if you do you do it at your own risk and responsibility      

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