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Author Message   Bigmose Tinkerer Username: Bigmose Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 05:22 pm:    I have a Nikon D60 and use a 18-55 Nikon lens. The other day the lens started acting up. Right now the lens works fine in manual mode. It is the auto focus that is the issue. I thought that it was not working at all, but what I found that is it works, but it struggles. It actually makes a faint squeaking sound and the focus ring moves very slowly. If I keep pressing the shutter button, the lens will usually eventually focus it is a pain. It is almost like the gears inside need to be "lubed". My kit lens works fine. Any ideas why this might happen and if the lens is now a paperweight?