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     Mareklew Tinkerer Username: Mareklew Post Number: 183 Registered: 03-2010 Rating: N/A |
Lol, great deal of experience :P You made my day, I have only two of these cameras  Anyway, Around the frame counter disc you don't want any grease at all. In the main crank ratchet axle I used general purpose bearing grease, because I had it at hand. This location is really non-issue as long as you use non-corrosive (acid and resin free) lube. Besides that I followed the rule: what turns, gets oiled, what slides, gets greased. Large dogs of ratchets don't get any lubrication between them and baseplate or they may stick, but they get a dip of grease at the tip and a drop of oil in the axle bearing. Winding side of a Yashica is really no-problem, spring tensions are high and contact areas-low, so you could get a big brush and brush it all with thick grease and it would still go click. The only really sensitive thing is these two notched platters under the frame counter disc - if they stick together (oil, grease, dirt), you don't get a click-stop after each frame but can just wind on (or can't advance at all past 1st frame, depending, which way they stuck). Marek |