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Re: [OM] re:(OM)Flash shoe repair

Subject: Re: [OM] re:(OM)Flash shoe repair
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 07:49:24 -0500
At 07:06 PM 8/10/1999 -0400, Gregg you wrote in part:
>What I really wonder is will the shoe continue to get looser through
>vibration etc. if I leave it alone - no flash on it?  It looks from the
>side like it may have two posts that go through the pentaprizm cover. 
>I'm thinking they might have nuts on the other end that might come loose
>and cause more problems.
>
>I'm not considering opening up the top.  I don't have the tools to do it
>anyway.  I'll stick to teaching and let John do the repairing!
>
>Gregg
>

Gregg,

I gather the difficulty is not getting the shoe tight again but the
disassembly and reassembly, but I don't know for sure.  It's certainly a
drag it's happening already to a 4T.  This is perhaps not one of the best
design elements of the later model OM's?

Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA

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