Model 6784 -wheel won't spin

If space bar doesn work. then the space bar is failed keyboard. If letter keys move and work, space bar is failed.

Try cleaning the sensor that lays behind the printwheel that tells the machine the wheel is in the home position, the sensor is in the print carrier. take wheel out and look down and you will see the sensor, clean it off with clean cloth. also put some white out on the top of the printwheel and see if it stops at the same place every time when you turn on and off.

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DickyO

not a good model number,most likely you have a broken belt as long as it starts,heats but the drum doesn't spin,if you get a buzzing sound and it doesn't start you could have something stuck in the blower wheel,the motor is jammed or the motor is bad,you can open the door,push the door switch in,spin the drum with your other hand and have someone push the start button,if it starts you have a bad motor.

To answer your question yes the print wheel can be changed, BUT that is not your problem. The machine needs to be reset or the reset tab needs adjusting.

Background;

When you turn on the machine the print head moves to the right side, the print wheel spins, and the ribbon jumps up and down, that is the machine resetting its self.

I would

1. Power it off and then turn it back on and test to again.
2. If it's still typing the wrong or unreadable letters then turn off the power open the lid. On the bottom of the case there is a metal frame on the right side of the frame you will see a small metal tab pointing towards the print head.
1. (When the machine resets its self, it uses that tab as a reference.)
3. That tab is easily bent which causes the reset to be wrong. Most people can bend it by hand, DON'T use a pliers! The tab can break off completely. It doesn

We sellthem used for 29.95 type styles vary and change daily as things come and go. We have at least 10 Prestiege Elite 12 as they were the modt common.

DickyO
Cleveland Business Machines
216-241-0027

Currently we have only a few:
Prestiege elite 12
letter gothic 12
prestiege 15
They are 29.95 each plus 5.00 shipping.

DickyO
Cleveland Business Machines
216-241-0027

Turn the typewriter off. There is a release lever for the daisy wheel. it will rock backwards. take out the daisy wheel. Turn on the unit..the daisy wheel motor spins to the home position. inset the daisy wheel carrier, snap the carrier closed. You should be in home position. if not turn it offf and on again, the daisy wheel should spin. if not do the proceedure over again.
Happy typing

Geno111 doesn't know what he's talking about. Look closely at your correction tape once it has passed the daisy wheel. Does it looked roughed up a little? I just had this same error and discovered that my daisy wheel was hitting my tape when spinning and not allowing it to jump characters like it needed to. I simply put a little double sided tape on the daisy wheel cover between it and the metal tab that holds the ribbon at a certain distance, to increase the space the daisy wheel has to spin. It seems to have worked so far. If anyone has a permanent solution, or answer as to how it spins wobbly, I'd love to hear it.

Linda,first of all,does the daisy wheel spin when the typewriter is first turned on? if it does,then you will feel assured that it is installed properly. Next, refer to your manual to key board settings. It will indicate that there are settings for normal standard English keyboard and somehow that setting may have been changed. It would be also be important to check the daisy wheel to see if it is compatible with standard English keyboard...Cheers, John