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Author Message   Arnoldharris Tinkerer Username: Arnoldharris Post Number: 21 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 07:09 pm:    Echostech, There are not "hundreds of little ball bearings" in the curved tube part of the shutter release double-interlock linkage, located on the bottom plate of the camera. To be precise, there are only 10 of them, at least on all my Vitessa-Ts. And they can be easily replaced from MicroTool. The original Voigtlander part number is 1.5 DIN 5401. But just avoid tilting the base plate too far and you won't tip the bearings out of the tube. Aside from me actually counting the bearings, all this information comes from a treasured copy of the Voightlander Vitessa T Ersatzteilliste, AK 10157. Without which, I wouldn't know enough about these 50-year-old film advance and shutter release linkages to dare try disassembling, adjusting and reassembling them. Arnold Harris Mount Horeb WI