>Cotty wrote:
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>Next time I have one apart, I am going to build a jig.
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What about a reel...
mike wilson wrote:
>Cotty wrote:
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>>On 5/10/06, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed:
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>>>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.
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>>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.
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>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......
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>Next time I have one apart, I am going to build a jig.
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