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Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 01:03 am: | 
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I have run into a brick wall - actually, so has this Rollei 35S and that is whay I am trying to remove the top plate. I am stumped as to how to remove the shaft of the rewind lever, which sticks out of the back of the camera, after the rewind lever is removed.
This shaft is the last obstacle preventing the top cover from coming off. Any help available out there?
Thanks,
Jan |
Anders
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 08:24 am: |
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Jan! The shaft have a flat side. Turn the shaft til you have the flat side to the right side of the camera. Move the spring to the right side and lift the shaft right out.
Anders. |
Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 08:56 am: |
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I still cannot figure it out. I did locate the spring, but cannot find a way to push it to the side so that it can stay there and allow the shaft to be pulled out. Also - the shaft has two flat sides, any difference as which one should face the right side? I did not think so, but thought I would ask anyway.
When referring to the 'right' side, are we looking at the camera from the back?
Many thanks,
Jan |
Anders
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 09:36 am: |
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The first "flat" is to hold the rewind lever in open position. Turn the lever shaft to the next "flat" anticlockwise, push the spring to the right side and hold it there at the same time you lift the shaft right out. I mean the right side from the back of the camera. Take a closer look at the shaft. I'm sure you see what i mean. The flat is in the innards of the shaft and goes the whole length of the shaft.
Anders |
Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 11:50 am: |
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Thanks, Anders,
That did the trick, the top is off. I did not see that the shaft was flat along its whole length on one side. Now I have to figure out what to do with the spring in the cocking mechanism that has detached itself from somewhere. I wonder if anybody has a diagram or a service manual - I searched the net for a repair manual, but to no avail. Being the cheapskate that I am, I was looking for N/C downloads only... -;)
Jan |
reiner
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 12:49 pm: |
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Hi Jan,
the service manual is not very helpful in this issue. If you have the top cap off and you look on top of the Rollei 35 you should see the primary transport wheel which is normally screwed to the advance lever. It interferes with the secondary transport wheel which might be of plastic or of brass. The secondary wheel has a tiny hole. This is the upper attachement point of the spring. If you carefully look at this spring you should which end to connect here. The other end of the spring has the form of a hook. It must be hooked to a tiny rail close to the viewfinder.
The best procedure to reattach the spring should be:
- remove the primary transport wheel
- take the secondary wheel out (unscrew it first)
- hook the spring into the secondary wheel
- re-insert the sec. wheel with the spring
- turn the wheel counterclockwise until the other end of the spring hooks to the right place automatically
- give the spring a bit of pretension and mount the primary wheel
The last point is delicate. Propably you will need several attempts. If the primary and the secondary wheel are not sychronised in the right way you need two strokes to transport the film and to cock the shutter. I did this allways by try and error and I cannot give an exact description.
Good luck, Reiner |
Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 03:35 pm: |
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Thanks, Reiner. Off to the workbench this evening....
Jan |
Sean Morony
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 09:45 am: |
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I've just taken the top off a Rollei 35 S,which has had water damage.I've found a small disc/elliptoid,made of thin metal, with a letterbox shaped hole in the centre and a semi-circular slot cut into one half near the outer edge.I can't figure out where it goes.I'd also like to know if the camera needs the battery installed before the shutter will fire.Many thanks,
Sean. |
Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 03:59 pm: |
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Sean,
I can't help you with the location of the part, but the Rollei 35's shutter is mechanical and works without a battery. Only the meter will require a battery to operate.
Good luck,
Jan |
