Re: Timing Gears - Jumping a Tooth

["Bill Thebert" <bthebert@domain.elided>]

> From: John A. Landry <jlandry@domain.elided>
> To: ihc@domain.elided
> Subject: Timing Gears - Jumping a Tooth 
> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 2:55 PM
> 
> Resist the temptation to jump to wild conclusions that tend to draw you
> away from simple mechanical troubleshooting procedures.  

John:

Here at IBM (Printer Development) we call this behavior "zebra hunting".

If the CLUES to the problem are: "four legs, a mane and a tail", it's MUCH
more likely to be a horse.  So don't charge off looking for zebras.

Bill