They're described as "1/16" -- of an inch, checking by caliper. Olympus uses
them
lots of places, as well as 1mm and 2mm bearings. And no, I've never had the
occasion to disassemble _that_ part of a 65-116 -- though I _love_ working on
the
35-70mm f/3.6, which has over 376 1mm bearings in two races.
Jim Couch wrote:
> MAN! What size are those little things! Sounds like the telescoping tube is
> something you DON'T want to take apart!
>
> Jim Couch
>
> clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > There's 360 ball bearings in four races to make the coupling mechanisms work
> > smoothly -- rattling is normal!
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