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Enriquez
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Username: Enriquez
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2013
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 07, 2013 - 12:14 am: | 
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Hi,
I just shot my second roll on a new to me Nikon FE. First roll shot and rewound fine. The second roll would not rewind easily. I opened the back of the camera and had to help the film along by rolling the teeth with my thumb (rewind button was depressed). After rewinding and removing the film, I noticed the take up spool would not turn backward with out force. It would click/roll backward with force, the geared roller turned easily with the rewind button depressed. Anyone have any ideas? The double exposure lever is working correctly.
Thanks,
Scott |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 1330
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 07, 2013 - 10:33 am: |
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It sounds like the rewind clutch is not releasing, though I'm not sure why that would be - it's easier to visualize it slipping than locking up. Possibly dirt inside the hollow sprocket shaft gumming things up and making it all stick together? But that would not correspond to the first roll rewinding without resistance..... The rewind release mechanism is (generally, I don't think I've ever taken it apart in an FE) a cross pin on the inner wind shaft that engages a slot in the inner wall of the hollow sprocket shaft. Pushing up on the release button lifts the pin clear of the slot. In some cameras the slot can wear and fail to engage, and in some the threaded button on the bottom of the shaft can work loose and push up unwantedly on the shaft and disengage it .... in your case, it sounds like the button is not pushing the shaft up far enough to disengage it. First place I would look is inside the bottom cover, see if you can press the shaft up and disengage the clutch. |
Enriquez
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Username: Enriquez
Post Number: 2
Registered: 07-2013
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 07, 2013 - 01:45 pm: |
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Thanks Rick, I'll take the bottom plate off and check it out. The take up spool should spin in reverse easily when the rewind button is depressed right? With the button depressed, the first toothed roller spins in reverse completely freely but the take up spool resists. The take up spool clicks as it rolls backwards and as mentioned has resistance. Maybe this is normal? |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 1331
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 07, 2013 - 03:14 pm: |
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The takeup spool itself would not be affected by the rewind release button: it should have a certain amount of friction at all times, so that it can take up the film but also allow rewinding. This is important on advance as well, because as the spool gets larger in diameter, it would try to take up more film than the sprocket wheel is advancing, and this would tear the film between the sprocket and the takeup spool.
It sounds like something has jammed the works in the slip clutch inside your takeup spool. This is uncommon, and it may be difficult to get inside there and find the problem. Often, takeup spools are not designed for easy access. |
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