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Re: [OM] Motor drive slippage

Subject: Re: [OM] Motor drive slippage
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 01:22:34 +0800
> >Greg Heier wrote:
> >
> >> I have an MD 1 that I use mainly on my OM-4T, but also on my OM-2, and
on
> >> both bodies it sometimes slips (runs for a while trying to advance the
film.
> >>
> >> It seems to do this a lot more often in portrait than in horizontal
usage.
> >> I'm guessing this has something to do with not having the motor drive
tight
> >> enough against the body, but both the control pack and motor drive
knobs are
> >> as tight as they go. Any ideas on this? Thanks in advance :).
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Greg Heier (greg@xxxxxxxx)
> 
> 
> John,
> 
> I have a winder 2 that seems to also do this.  It does it worse if the
camera
> is pointed up -- in fact it will just go and go and go.... until you
point the camera
> horizontal.
> 
> Is this a similar or identical problem.   Can it be fixed?  If so, how
much?
> 
> 
> Mark Hammons
> 

I have the same problem with the two used motor drive one I bought few
months ago, that was due to dry up of grease inside. The grease has very
high viscosity and it makes a metal rotating dish sticky but let it free to
move when driven. I use a common machine grease (yellow-brown in color) to
replace the old one, it is now fine. 

C.H.Ling
 

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