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Wsboyd
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Username: Wsboyd
Post Number: 20
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 09:12 am: | 
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Is the screw on a Yashica FX-3 (FX-7) film advance lever left or right threaded ?
I need to remove it to open the top off. |
Mike_rgb
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Username: Mike_rgb
Post Number: 11
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 10:29 am: |
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I hope this will help you.
http://www.yashica-guy.com/document/repair.html#three
Mike |
Wsboyd
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Username: Wsboyd
Post Number: 21
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 03:47 pm: |
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Thanks !
But that site is for Rangefinder, not SLR Yashicas
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Mike_rgb
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Username: Mike_rgb
Post Number: 13
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 05:54 pm: |
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Sorry  hopfully someone who knows will answer soon. I too would think it may be LH threads. However I see a lot of nail polish used to keep lightly tightened parts in place.
Mike |
Ethostech
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Username: Ethostech
Post Number: 31
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 08:31 am: |
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The model was badge-engneered by Vivitar and named V3000s.
A couple of years ago I completely stripped and serviced a V3000s for my "Collection". It is my practice to keep records on things such as left-hand threads but there is no such mention in my service notes. I would therefore be pretty certain that it is a conventional thread. Sometimes one has to "feel" for such features. If it does not yield under reasonable torque, then try it the other way to the same torque extent. Quite often a tightening motion is instrumental in "breaking the stick" of a screw or cap which has been tightened up for 30 years or so. If it just won't budge - trickle a mini-drop of WD40 into the thread-mates, leave it for a day or two - then try again. |
Wsboyd
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Username: Wsboyd
Post Number: 22
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 08:49 pm: |
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OK, it IS a LH thread.
One drop WD-40, two min wait,
out it comes on the 2nd try.
Righty-LOOSY, Lefty-TIGHTY. |
