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     Donyet Tinkerer Username: Donyet Post Number: 29 Registered: 06-2009 Rating: N/A |
I disassembled the retarder briefly to see if I could loosen the gear. It is still immovable, you would think it was welded on by how jammed it is. I re-assembled the retarder while I had everything fresh in my mind. At least I know how to do it and I might try again after it has been sitting in carb or brake cleaner for a day or two. By what I saw, the gear has a large hole that slips onto a tube shaped pin, then it is held there by a screw. This gives the gear a lot of surface area for hardened lubricant to do it's thing. I may re-assemble the whole camera again even before I fix this gear so I don't forget how everything goes together, then disassemble it and keep working on it. At least this way I'll get plenty of experience fixing Copal shutters and Yashica-Mat cameras. I have several other cameras that use Copal shutters such as my several Canon Canonets. I think this experience is valuable. Alex |