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Re: [OM] sticking diafragm...

Subject: Re: [OM] sticking diafragm...
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 17:22:43 -0700
At 12:29 AM 05/11/2001 +0100, Stephan van den Zegel wrote:
>got a problem with my 180/2,8... the diafragm works ok but is very slow to go 
>back to full aperture... no sign of oil or dust on the blades... just sticks, 
>taking half a second to come back to full aperture... 
>what's going on... any cure ?
>Is there a spring somewhere to change ? something to clean like a roll-bearing 
>(roulement à billes in french) ?

Stephan:

Sounds like oil on the aperture blades.  Time for a CLA (Clean, Lubricate and 
Adjust -- in this instance, "de-lubricate" and Adjust!).  See your local 
friendly Olympus repair-person.

Garth
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