>Cotty wrote: > >Next time I have one apart, I am going to build a jig. > > What about a reel...
mike wilson wrote: >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. > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net