On 10/5/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Would an appropriately sized piston ring compressor from the auto parts > > store help hold everything in place while you slip it into the barrel? > > > > I suspect something like that will be the official tool to do this job but a > normal ring compressor would probably be too thick and get in the way. I > found that I could tilt the ring enough to hold the ball in against the > spring on one side and then gently slip the other side over the rest of the > gubbins. After about the 20th try and well over an hour searching for the > fugitive ball bearing. It goes off like a Saturn V if you slip.
It sounds like a strip of brass shimming material tightly wound around the detent when fitting the aperture ring might help. But I've never pulled a lens apart, so I don't know if it's feasible. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
