John Hermanson wrote:
>
> Rewind handle is available separately, ZJ1856
John .......... do you have any, if so at what cost and do you ship to
Canada?
John Hudson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] in need of a repair piece for my OM4T
>
> > on 4/29/02 7:06 AM, John Hudson at jahudson@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > John Hermanson wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I think the screw is a left hand thread. Try screwing in the reverse
> > >> direction, don't overtighten.
> > >
> > > The end of the little screw has separated from the underside of the
> > > re-wind crank lever. The screw has broken off or has come unglued.
> > > Either way there is no screw hole at the end of the crank lever into
> > > which to insert the screw as the spindle to hold the knurled rewind
> > > knob. I need to completely replace the re-wind crank lever along with
> > > the attached screw and knob in place.
> > >
> > > John Hudson
> > > Vancouver, BC
> > >
> >
> > If you unscrew the rewind knob assembly from the spindle (open the back,
> > wedge a chopstick or screwdriver into the film spindle forklegs, and
> unscrew
> > the knob as normally, the reverse of the film-rewinding direction) the
> knob
> > will come off. There is a little spring and washer under the knob that
> > allows the flip-out lever to 'spring' into place. These will come off...
> > then there is a little spindle that hold the fold-out arm into the rest of
> > the knob. This can be disengaged fairly easily, it usually flops out on
> its
> > own. Then you can replace the arm with one from any OM, I think... a black
> > one would match best. I don't know if Olympus sells the arm (with
> > screw/knurled knob) separately, but maybe someone has a parts camera...?
> > --
> >
> > Jim Brokaw
> > OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
> >
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