Turn the minute hand with a slow and smooth motion until the clock begins to chime and count out the hour.
Wall clock chimes out of sync.
The clock should now strike once at 6.
Listen for a sound like a spring unwinding.
Turn the smaller minute hand counterclockwise to number six.
Move the hour hand very gently to this number on the clock face.
Just prior to the chime an audible metallic sound may be heard.
Advance the big hand to the 12.
Winding up the chime side usually starts the chime from where it last stopped.
Use your channel lock pliers to hold the bushing while you move the hand until the hand points directly to the 12 00 position when it is placed back on the arbor.
This sound is subtle.
Set the minute hand on the 12 when the clock strikes.
This bushing is made to turn but when a clock is out of sync the square hole is out of relationship with the square on the end of the hand shaft.
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Move the big hand clockwise to the 11 o clock position and pause.
How to reset my chiming clock.
The time and strike getting out of sync can occur when the mainspring of either mechanism runs down as the clock continues to run.
At 6 stop and let the clock strike.
The antique clock can continue to strike while the chime has run down.
If it does not strike one time then move the minute hand pass 12 without stopping and then stop at 6.
If your grandfather clock chimes the wrong hour this will be a quick fix to set it correctly and your clock will be in perfect hour sync.
Re synchronizing the chimes to the hour 1.
Continue turning the small hand in the same direction if there is no strike.
Grandfather clock chimes the wrong hour the clock depot.
That is how it loses its sequence.
Now turn the hand to 12 and stop.
Listen for the strike of the clock.
Setting the time on a strike pendulum clock may be all that is needed to synchronize the chimes.
Place one forefinger gently on the minute hand and push it lightly over to the number 12.
Open the hinged glass cover of the clock s face to access the clock s hands.
Synchronising the hand position of the clock with the chimes is a job that can be done in 15 minutes or less by an adult with a minimum of tools and clockwork experience.