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Steve_roberts
Tinkerer
Username: Steve_roberts
Post Number: 14
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 04:32 am: | 
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Hi,
Only included the date in the title to distinguish my request from others I've posted regarding the later bayonet mount K-series.
I want to remove the top plate of a Pentax K (screw mount, rotating shutter speed selector) to remove a demised bug and straighten a dent. When I lift the shutter speed selector, I can see three grub screws that presumably I must undo to remove it (and hence the plate) BUT.... if I do this I can't see how I'd ever get the selector back on again, as it has to be pulled upwards against a spring. Any thoughts much appreciated (as would any regarding dismantling my SMC f1.2 further down the list!)
Thanks very much,
Steve |
Steve_roberts
Tinkerer
Username: Steve_roberts
Post Number: 15
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 - 04:07 am: |
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Looked long and hard at the problem again last night, but still can't see how it would ever go back together, so I've still bottled out of undoing anything. Surely someone out there has done this on a Pentax S or K?
Steve |
Sillyconguru
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Username: Sillyconguru
Post Number: 13
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 - 07:28 pm: |
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Lift the dial and turn it slightly so it is between indents and stays raised? Probably between 1/60-1/125 or x-1/30 would be best as it looks like there would be less chance of the dial easily slipping into an indent.
I don't know the camera you are working on so take my suggestion with a pinch of salt. Don't blame me if things go wrong. ;) |
Steve_roberts
Tinkerer
Username: Steve_roberts
Post Number: 16
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 02, 2008 - 03:44 am: |
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Thanks Sillyconguru! A good idea and much appreciated.
I can't believe that no-one else on this forum has dismantled one of these cameras, but I have been surprised/disappointed before by lack of responses to what I'd have thought would be fairly routine questions about fairly ordinary cameras.
Best wishes,
Steve |
