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Howard Owen
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 06:25 pm: | 
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Since no one stepped forward with any info regarding my Series 1 zoom, (https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/forum/messages/2/2450.html?1082167500) a friend and I have undertaken the job with little more to guide us than luck. We have taken the lens apart and, much to my surprise, the aperture which appeared to me to be dry was found to be swimming in oil. Assuming that we are successful in cleaning the blades and reassembling this beast, what sort of lube should be used to lubricate the zoom mechanism?
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bill
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 09:23 pm: |
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Hello.
Stop for a minute.
Where do you thinks that oil came from?
It usually comes from helical grease that has liquified.
Since you have a zoom, it also may have come from that lubricant, and in either case, it needs to be addressed at some point.
Some use a natural lubricant such as vaseline, but I don't think that I would.
Synthetic grease is the way to go.
Tomosy states to use bearing grease and I agree.
The aperture blades are not lubed.
If you intend to go any farther, do not remove the helix focusing mechanism unless you can collimate the lens to again focus at infinity.
I advise just removing all of the oil on the blades with lighter fluid.
This could take a few days.
Proceed slowly, and good luck.
Let us know how it works out. -Bill |
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