Grease has the consistency of toothpaste. Liquid oil will eventually run
everywhere. You may be able to find a medium duty white grease at an auto
parts store. Detents are really rectangular slots, there should not be a
track between them. Find a junk body and swap over shutter speed dials.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
omtech@xxxxxxxxx | www.zuiko.com
Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Viet" <oly@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:40 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Now that my winder is fixed... on to the 2n !
>
> Le mardi 21 Juin 2005 14:34, John Hermanson a écrit :
>> Shutter speed ball bearing should be lubed with a grease, like 023
>> photolube.
>
> Please excuse my question if it looks stupid, but I'm not an english
> native
> speaker, and I'm not sure that this exact product is available in France,
> so
> when you speak of a grease, is it because it feels semi-solid (opposite to
> oil which would be liquid) or because it's of animal origin instead of
> vegetal or mineral ? Is there a more "general purpose" grease which would
> match this specialized one, just in case I can't find it (like, I don't
> know... sewing machine or hair cutter mineral lube) ?
>
>> Could be that the body is so used that a track has worn into the
>> clicks of the ss dial, causing the bb to get caught and jam at each
>> detent.
>
> You mean that normaly each "hole" is a round cup not connected to the
> previous
> and following one ? In that case, yes, there's now a fairly deep track
> between holes. Guess that's the source of my problem. Maybe I should start
> to
> stock out of order bodies, as a source of parts for repairs. Not that I
> don't
> value the job of true professionals, but all the remaning olympus
> specialists
> seem to be in the USA nowdays, and that's very, very far for me.
>
> --
> Manuel Viet
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