And if you look closely at the shutter speed ring, you'd see that the
leading and trailing area of each slot were getting rounded out. A perfect
fit for the ball bearing to get jammed in.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2S Meter Died
> This was what happened with my OM-4 and ultimately the shutter speed ring
> virtually froze up. I could move it, but only with some effort and
> attempting to rock it back and forth. It was cured by **very** carefully
> removing the lens mount and the shutter speed ring, then lubing the ball
> bearing for the shutter speed detents with a very tiny amount of white
> lithium grease.
>
> -- John
>
> At 03:16 PM 6/24/03, Rich wrote:
> >Clint wrote:
> > >it _will_ return
> >
> >I am sure you are right, Clint. I'm just stalling about the overdue
> >CLA. The shutter speed ring is the thing that is truly bugging me. Too
> >stiff, even when I'm careful not to squeeze it out-of-round tighter. It
> >frequently just... doesn't... want... to... turn, esp. to the B/60 area
> >(and yes I'm pushing the little button).
> >
> >Rich
>
>
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