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Got called to a 1970s Otis last Tuesday and the door clutch snapped mid-leveling
I'm still kind of salty about this one. I was working on an old Otis in a 12-floor building downtown, the kind with those hydraulic units that groan like they're about to give up. Everything was going fine until I adjusted the leveling valve and the door clutch just gave out with this loud pop. The car stopped halfway between floors 6 and 7, and the safety circuit tripped so hard I had to crawl up the hoistway to reset it. Took me almost 4 hours to find a replacement clutch because the building manager lost the original manual. Ended up rigging a temporary fix with a spring from my truck until the right part came in. Has anyone else dealt with those old Otis clutches that seem to shatter if you look at them wrong?
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