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Aka
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Username: Aka
Post Number: 1
Registered: 09-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 07:40 am: | 
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Hi,
does anybody know what camera has a gear to substitute the rewind plastic gear of the Rollei 35 ? See pic. stolen from the forum. I guess this is one of the weakest points of the camera. Thanks. |
Reiner
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Username: Reiner
Post Number: 48
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 01:36 pm: |
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Hello
I am afraid and I am quite shure that there is no other camera that contains a part that might replace this plastic gear. This was a Rollei made part. The early Germany made 35's had a metall part instead which was much more durable. Interestingly the later Singapore made models had the metal gear as well. When Rollei moved the production to Singapore they also streamlined the costs. The plastic wheel was cheaper as the original metall wheel. After a lot of trouble and reclamations they used the original metall gear again.
Sometimes such a metall gear set (wheel and spring) buys on e**y as original spare part. (unsused). |
Aka
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Username: Aka
Post Number: 4
Registered: 09-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 04:06 am: |
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Hi,
thanks for response. I myself inquired the local repair shop and got the answer that the gear is specific and they didn't remember any similar camera part.
I have now 2 options: repair the gear or get a new one. The *Bay I'm watching occasionaly for a spare. Simultaneousley I've attempted to repair. The epoxy did not suite here. How it is going with repair job I'll post when I'll have results. |
Rollee35
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Username: Rollee35
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 06:32 am: |
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Try this:
http://rolleirepairs.com/ |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 435
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 09:53 pm: |
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It's a long shot, but you might find something usable at a place like this:
https://sdp-si.com/eStore/Direct.asp?GroupID=207 |
Glenn
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Username: Glenn
Post Number: 218
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 03:44 pm: |
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Any self respecting model engineer or restorer of clocks, will be able to produce a brass gear that will do the job. The tooth form does not even need to be very accurate in this instance, a slitting saw of suitable thickness could be ground to give the tooth form. |
Aka
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Username: Aka
Post Number: 5
Registered: 09-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 04, 2008 - 01:54 am: |
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Thanks for everybody, problem solved. Now I'm running 3rd film through and everything seems ok. The gear is far more complicated not straight flat toothed disc, those who have seen it know what I mean. To make a new one like that could cost you half the cam and I didn't find someone to make it. For DIY enthusiasts here's my solution. As I mentioned earlier, no glue suited here to withstand the forces of the lever. So I drilled 5mm depth 1mm diam. holes on the teeth that were badly worn and glued suitable diameter brass wires inside the holes, then using file adjusted tops of protruding wires to be exactly like other teeth. And here you go. The biggest problem was to drill exactly on the tooth and parallely to the gear surface. Believe me, the plastic gear is wearproof but soft that's why it was a problem to drill.
I've almost stripped the cam completely. It did not wind film, lense did not stand straight, aperture did not move and exposure timing was absolute nonsense. This was my first attempt to repair a cam and I started not bad  . |
