THERE IS NO NEED TO UNSCREW THE SCREW. IT'S ONLY PURPOSE IS TO LEVEL THE
REWIND HANDLE WHEN IT IS FOLDED DOWN. IT DOES NOT HOLD THE KNOB ON.
UNSCREWING IT MAY BREAK IT OFF. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF OM-1 THROUGH 2N
WHERE THE SCREW ALMOST ALWAYS BREAKS OFF.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Charlton" <c_charlton@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM4 rewind handle.
| Unscrew the little slotted screw in the centre, then
| use something to stop the film slot (metal) inside the
| camera front rotating and unscrew the entire rewind
| handle enough to rotate the spring sandwiched between
| it so it clears the handle. Tighten the rewind handle
| making sure the lever still fits and screw in the
| little slotted retaining screw. All threads are normal
| IE clockwise tightens, counterclockwise untightens.
|
| Chris
|
|
| --- Parzival Herzog <parz@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Today I
| got an OM4 (attached to a lens I wanted.)
| > The camera
| > is in pretty good condition, aside from a badly
| > marked focussing
| > screan, and a finger print on the mirror. It has a
| > small mechanical
| > problem with the rewind handle, and I wonder if it
| > is reasonable
| > to repair it myself:
| >
| > The handle will not fold down completely because
| > there is a small
| > metal piece that obstructs the slot that accepts the
| > twirly part
| > of the handle. The metal obstruction fills the slot
| > half way. It is
| > as if the obstruction should be rotated about 10
| > degrees counter-
| > closkwise to get out of the way. There's a very
| > tempting screw
| > right in the axis of the the rewind mechanism. Maybe
| > if I turn it...
| >
| > Anyways, maybe some of you old silverbacks have
| > dealt with this
| > before.
| >
| > - Parsival
| >
| >
| >
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