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Paracelsus
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Username: Paracelsus
Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 03:22 pm: | 
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I just got a Minolta Hi-matic 9 with a bashed in back. I have another Hi-m 9 with a loose front barrel. I figure I'll transplant the backs of these two. Do I just use brute force to tap out the rod in the hingeplate? Or is there a technique with more finesse?
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Charlie
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Username: Charlie
Post Number: 239
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 07:37 pm: |
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I opened mine up and it loks like I can see four little pins adjacent to the take up spool which could be screws or rivets. I suggest peeling back the leatherette to see if you can see screws or rivets holding the hinge on before tapping. |
Mndean
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Username: Mndean
Post Number: 228
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 10:06 pm: |
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Usually there are screws under the leatherette on a strip the camera side of the hinge, but rivets could happen, too. Never bothered to peel the leatherette away on my 9 to look, and I can't find it now. |
Paracelsus
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Username: Paracelsus
Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 01:08 am: |
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Thanks Charlie and Mndean. Good advice--I was about to bash ahead, but will examine more carefully and let you know! |
Paracelsus
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Username: Paracelsus
Post Number: 3
Registered: 05-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 09:15 pm: |
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This is to confirm that Charlie and Mndean were correct: On the body side of the camera hinge area, four screws under the leatherette anchor the hinge plate to the camera side. These came off with relative ease after applying penetrating lubricant. Hats off to Charlie & Mndean: You saved a lot of trauma to a camera! |
Mndean
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Username: Mndean
Post Number: 230
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 09:45 pm: |
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Glad to see another 9 going to get back in action. It is a nice RF camera, albeit big. |
