Rewind handle is available separately, ZJ1856
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] in need of a repair piece for my OM4T
> on 4/29/02 7:06 AM, John Hudson at jahudson@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > John Hermanson wrote:
> >>
> >> I think the screw is a left hand thread. Try screwing in the reverse
> >> direction, don't overtighten.
> >
> > The end of the little screw has separated from the underside of the
> > re-wind crank lever. The screw has broken off or has come unglued.
> > Either way there is no screw hole at the end of the crank lever into
> > which to insert the screw as the spindle to hold the knurled rewind
> > knob. I need to completely replace the re-wind crank lever along with
> > the attached screw and knob in place.
> >
> > John Hudson
> > Vancouver, BC
> >
>
> If you unscrew the rewind knob assembly from the spindle (open the back,
> wedge a chopstick or screwdriver into the film spindle forklegs, and
unscrew
> the knob as normally, the reverse of the film-rewinding direction) the
knob
> will come off. There is a little spring and washer under the knob that
> allows the flip-out lever to 'spring' into place. These will come off...
> then there is a little spindle that hold the fold-out arm into the rest of
> the knob. This can be disengaged fairly easily, it usually flops out on
its
> own. Then you can replace the arm with one from any OM, I think... a black
> one would match best. I don't know if Olympus sells the arm (with
> screw/knurled knob) separately, but maybe someone has a parts camera...?
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
>
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