Kinexaklta Question

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Author Message   Mgarelik Tinkerer Username: Mgarelik Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 12:42 pm:        I have a 1938 Exakta (Kinexakta) I'd like to try using. I've just repaired some shutter pinholes with fabric paint. The shutter had been working fine at all speeds, and was doing so through half of the work on the shutter holes. Now, it seems like it is always going at the same speed no matter where the fast time dial is positioned (including B and Z). It is still opening and closing, just the timing is always very fast- and looks to be at the same speed. Any idea what this could be- could i have turned a dial too far, etc to cause this? Any thougts would be helpful- Mike   Prasanna Tinkerer Username: Prasanna Post Number: 70 Registered: 10-2009 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 - 07:10 pm:        It could be a worn out or stuck pin that selects the speed in the slotted wheel disk. Sometimes this can be stuck due to old grease or dried up oil. Try squirting some Naphtha or petrol in to those disk surfaces and work the shutter. It may release the pin. It may also be a broken pin that is stuck in one slot. In that case you may have to dismantle this part and braze the pin to the bottom of speed selector knob. Best of luck.

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