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     Brcamera Tinkerer Username: Brcamera Post Number: 152 Registered: 08-2010 Rating: N/A |
If you are going as far as removing the shutter assembly, why not do the job properly and take out the mechanism plate, remove the blades and do a careful cleaning of each blade and the mechanism plate of the oil residue. Dunking a complete shutter in cleaner is not a good idea. As for lubrication, I use a moly lube applied very, very sparingly to sliding parts. Be very careful with any sort of oil as it can migrate to places that you don't want it to go, such as shutter blades. The speeds escapement is removed as a unit and does not need to be disassembled and can be immersed in a cleaning solution. I have never lubricated a speeds escapement and can always get a shutter to specs if it is properly cleaned. Certainly the complete cleaning will take a bit of time if you have never done it before but you will learn some new skills. Be patient and careful. |