I think what you are describing is common.....mine had grease that was so
hard it looked like pliobond.
Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL 33715
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Stanke" <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Bounce Grip 2 question
> Thanks to everyone for their help!
>
> (Part numbers are per the exploded diagram Johnny provided the link for)
>
> Part number CB2227200 was jammed into part ZD404900 (the knurled ring).
> I tapped from the "smaller" side of the ring with a wood dowel to
> "shock" the connection, and unscrewed it with a small pair of vise grip
> pliers. The two parts were held together with either old crusty grease,
> or Pliobond. I cleaned everything with alcohol, and chased the threads
> on the two parts mentioned above with the small straight jeweler's
> screwdriver to get all of the muck out of the threads. The mounting pin
> and spring assembly were also not assembled correctly. I re-assembled
> everything as shown in the exploded drawing, and it works!
>
> B&H Sent me my order today. Instead of TTL Auto Cord T they sent me the
> TTL auto cord (OM-2 to Flash 310). Sigh! One step forward, one step
> back.
> The instructions for Grip 1 are also only in Japanese!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Bill Stanke
>
> Clemente Colayco wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bruce.
> >
> > Mine semms locked up as you describe, how did you loosen a stubbornly
stuck
> > ring? The way its designed I cannot even grip it with pliers.
> <snip>
>
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