What about injecting some rubber cement through the rubber grip using a
syringe?
J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 17:21
Subject: [OM] Re: Classic (or old) Vivitar Lens: Loose rubber grip on focus
ring - how to repair?
> Depends how loose it is. The simple fix is to roll the rubber sleeve
> back on one end and put a ring of thin, double stick tape around the
> focus ring and then roll the rubber ring back into place. Then repeat
> on the other end. That, of course, assumes there's enough elasticity
> left in the rubber to stretch for the rolling back.
>
> If it's so loose that it's really sloppy you could roll it back
> completely and then wrap a spacer around the ring also stuck to the ring
> with double stick tape. Then replace the ring and repeat the trick
> above doing one end at a time. If it's really, really loose some might
> try taking a slice out of the ring with a very sharp razor blade. If
> the rubber has a diamond pattern embossed in it you can cut diagonally
> along a groove. If you remove a complete diamond you can make a fairly
> well hidden seam. Do some trial fitting and then rewrap the rubber
> around the focus ring with double stick tape under the seam.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Ali Shah wrote:
>> Got a 200mm Vivitar lens. Nice lens, except the rubber
>> grip around the focus ring is loose and moves instead
>> of turning the ring. How can fix this?
>
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