Cotty wrote: > On 5/10/06, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >>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. > > > Mechanic's tip. Dab a small amount of grease on the ball, attach it to > the end of a jeweller's screwdriver and position it precisely as the > ring comes down, pulling the driver out as it goes interference fit. >
I found that having to concentrate on that and, at the same time on the other side of the lens, get three equally small and curmudgeonly pieces to go together, whilst trying to slip the aperture ring over all of them left me with the decided feeling that evolution had left me one hand and about four fingers short. Plus an eyeball or two. Not to mention the magnets I needed in my toes to find the ball...... Next time I have one apart, I am going to build a jig. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
