I have a 1930 Royal Model 10 and the carriage flies back to the end of the page every time I try to advance it

SOURCE: old remington typewriter

G'day mate, most likely cause is that the drawband is broken/disconnected. Look under the right-hand side of the carriage,you would have to tilt the typewriter on it's back. There you will see a small hook where the drawband should be attached to. If not, set the typewriter on it's feet again and move the carriage to the extreme right then looking down past the left thumb wheel you will notice a drum with the drawband attached. Rotate it until the drawband hook come into view. Get a piece of strong wire about 12 inches long,fashion one end into a hook,thread it through the machine under the carriage,from the right-hand side until it appears just over the drum. Ayyach the drawband hook to it and pull your piece of wire out to the right. You will notice the drum rotating and the increasing tension on the drawband , this good,nothing is going to snap, break etc. Hook the drawband on to it's latch and try the typing. If the typewriter's carriage moves slowly it means that there is not enough tension on the main-spring located inside that drum. Do not depair, because by removing both side plates you will see a large screw on each side of the back cover plate remove these and then you will see the mainspring drum in it's entirety. There will be a winding gear central to the drum,loosen the locking pawl and begin winding in aclock-wise direction to increase the main-spring tension. Test the carriage occasionally for tension.
When all is OK reverse all what you did before.  Cheers and goo luck from Australia....

SOURCE: IBm Wheelwriter 5--6 keys won't advance after typing

Press and hold the code key while pressing the lang key Either "X" of "L" key.

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James Cagle

• 482 Answers
• Posted on Dec 31, 2008

SOURCE: carriage return problem

The tab button may be stuck or the carriage release lever is stuck or a broken escapement.

SOURCE: Underwood no. 5 typewriter doesn't advance when hit keys

the cord is shaped much like a shoe lace, and these make great replacements, a spare clip can be fashioned out of a paper clip, it's not a precision part. the spring if broken can be replaced with any clock style spring, i bought a wind up kitchen timer at the dollar store (same for the shoe lace) and took the spring from that. for $2.14, got mine working good as new

SOURCE: I have a TA Adler-Royal Satellite 40 typewriter

check the multiwire cable harness under the carriage assmbly..may have one or two broken wires close to the carriage itself...if this is the case you will probably have to have the carriage replaced.