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Author Message   Monopix Tinkerer Username: Monopix Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2009 - 03:47 pm:    >You cannot re-grease the helical properly without completely stripping it down I assume you actually mean splitting the helicals which, of course, is true. But there may be other parts still attached which prevent complete submersion in detergent as I've done previously. >Taking short cuts in cleaning/relubing lens helicals is just asking for trouble. Who said anything about taking short cuts? Completely dissasembling a lens is hardly a short cut. I'm merely looking for possible alternatives.