No spray cleaners! Then the story becomes "..there's sand in my lens and
liquid damage..."
The helicoid has to be taken apart (and it can screw together from, maybe, 6
different "starting" points) sand cleaned out, then rebuilt. Once the keys
are taken out, it will probably unscrew, even though sand is there.
The trick with the helicoid is that once you screw it down, the slots levers
and screw holes have to end up at a certain place, to align with the screw
holes on the other part.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Ez2endo@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 5:30 PM
Subject: [OM] ***Sand in my lens***
| Hi Guys,
| The subject says it all. I droped my case in the sand one day and
| apparently didn't get it all out, because now The focusing ring on my
Olympus
| 50mm lens won't turn at all. Is this something I could clean my self? How
| about a spray type of cleaner that leaves no residue, think this will
work?
| Thanks for your suggestions!
|
| Chet \\\0tO
| 97 XR250-GPS equipped
| 94 JT25
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