When I get a 2s/3/4 with sluggish levers, I rebuild them, even if the camera
didn't come in for jamming. Without cleaning, it will definitely jam
eventually.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] -2s Problems
| There's a lever in the bottom of the OM-2s that stops the wind after one
frame.
| When it gets greasy, it lets the gears turn when the shouldn't, and that
results
| in "crossed gears" -- gear teeth on one gear catch teeth on another where
they
| shouldn't, and that jams the camera. Eventually even "jiggling" won't
work --
| only removing the gears to unjam them, and cleaning the lever to prevent
| recurrance will solve the problem.
|
| Even though the OM-4/4t/3/3t all have the same mechanism, this seems to be
a
| problem largely unique to the -2s -- evidentally the -2s factory just used
too
| much grease in the first place.
|
| Dave Bulger wrote:
|
| > Zuiks,
| >
| > Input would be appreciated.
| >
| > I had my beloved -2s jam up on me a coupla years back -- couldn't
advance
| > film, couldn't trip the shutter. Shutter was closed, mirror was down.
This
| > was despite moving the SS to manual, changing batteries, etc.
| >
| > Sent it to JH for a CLA at which time it was fixed & working
beautifully.
| >
| > Gave the camera to a friend of mine recently when the exact same
situation
| > arose. I noticed a post on the list from someone (Thanks!) re putting a
| > winder on it to see if the winder->camera linkage could be "jiggled"
that
| > way.
| >
| > Yup! It worked. I now have a correctly functioning -2s to return to
her.
| >
| > Is this a common thang with -2s's? I seem to recall something about
| > overwinding. How does this happen, what can be done to prevent, etc?
| >
| > Thanks!
| >
| > Dave
| >
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