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Author Message   Macdaddy1660b Tinkerer Username: Macdaddy1660b Post Number: 1 Registered: 07-2012 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 08:25 pm:    Inherited the lens mentioned in the subject line. The focus is stuck at infinity. When I try to focus closer, the ring turns a little bit then is slowly stopped. No grinding or roughness. Feels like I'm sinching a screw up against a piece of hard neoprene. Guessing a screw has backed out or something. The telescoping hood prevents me from sliding off the focusing ring after removing the three tiny set screws under the rubber. I can't get to the helicoid therefore. Took it in to a shop and the guy was stumped too. He didn't know how to get that front hood off either. So this is the problem: getting that front hood off. How do I do it? Do I remove the front element ring? Thanks.