I found out, ALL about, the ball bearings, because I didn't have a parts
list, and I just HAD to take a cover plate off the inside behind the
front mount. Not as bad as the 35-70 3.6 but still made me slow down and
retest my motor skills.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
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DACattani@xxxxxxx wrote:
> This might be a less than subtle plug, but I just got back a repair from
> John Hermanson. Beautiful work, as usual. Here were his comments:
>
> "Your repair is complete.... What cleaning revealed is that there was more
> fungus than was visible to the naked eye. If you're ever tempted to take one
> of these apart, it's got about 150 ball bearings in it!"
>
> The ball bearings answered a question I had about a rattling sound. It's
> much quieter now, and not a spot of that nasty fungus. And no, I will not be
> taking apart anything with 150 ball bearings.
>
> Another piece of Olympus glass saved from the scrap heap!
>
> Thanks John!
>
> Dave in Denver
>
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