If it is a wide grip, roll up each edge and put down a small bead of
rubber cement 1/4" to 1/2" in from the edge. If necessary, rubber band
in place till glue sets. If grip is stretched out, rubber banding won't
work. It may not fit properly without cutting it, taking out a small
slice then doing a more thorough gluing job. Replacement is recommended
over cutting, but it is unlikely new is available.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
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Johann Thorsson wrote:
> 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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