I don't believe glue should be required on this one. Try leaving it to
settle for a while and then re - mounting carefully, not stretching the rim
of the rubber. If all else fails, try some rubber solution glue.
Julian
Cambs, UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Duggan" <john.duggan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:40 PM
Subject: [OM] (OM) 135 macro lens hood repair.
> Just bought 2 lenshoods from Ffordes UK. Yet another 28 / 48 and a 135mm
> macro. Both in excellent condition. However mounting the macro lenshood I
> noticed that it was distinctly "lumpy" where it joined the metal
> sleeve......That was my first mistake...Attempted to smooth out
lumps...hood
> came adrift in one or two spots..tried to clean out groove...more came
> loose..you get the picture. Some one had superglued the rubber to the
metal.
> Decided to take apart...Took ages to get apart and carefully clean up
using
> acetone.
> I am wary of using superglue to re-attach parts...Any suggestions
from
> the list would be helpful :-)) regards, JohnDuggan, Wales, UK.
>
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