1978 Sears Corrector #C81162801

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 04-05-2024 at 08:35PM
Last Edit: 09-17-2025 at 06:37AM

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This thing is a beast and very Darth Vader-esque. Star Wars was released in 1977, and this came out in 1978. Coincidence or by design? You want a paper injector? I got ya. A Brother JP10 under the hood. It uses the Brother Cassette system that was launched in 1975 as a counter to the S-C Coronamatic ribbon.
From 1978-ca 84, this was the top-of-the-line typebar for Brother (Sears). It'd set you back $300 plus. The Brother model was the XL80 (see image). Then the bottom fell completely out for typebars. The Correct O Ball lineup was the premium model.

This one, when shifted, let out a banshee whining noise. The segment return spring was hitting the fan. A simple fix and another "why it was parked" theory because this thing is clean, clean, clean. It took all of 10 minutes to wind a standard ribbon into the cassette, and off we go.....
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The Achilleas Heel? The noise came back. The issue is that the motor is mounted in rubber bushings and secured with shoulder bolts. Since I have been using this, the machine is getting moved around. The hard and brittle bushings are falling apart. Long term I should head to the hardware store and source a grommet/bush that is close. In the meantime, I used a couple of O rings on the shoulder bolts and tightened the motor back down into place (pics).

The backspace eccentric cam needed a bit of adjustment, as it wasn't throwing the arm over far enough to engage the next tooth consistently.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Munk on ribbons
• More ribbons

Photos:

Bushing w shoulder bolt removed.

Motor not secured up against frame.

Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)

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