It's silky smooth, even though it has the plastic gear cog, but the only complete bale arm I have has a rather odd 'araldite' repair on it (even so it works !) ... so I'll still be looking out for another.
This almost completes my set of (what I consider to be) really usable Morritt's Intrepids !!!
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