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Evgenys
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Username: Evgenys
Post Number: 4
Registered: 11-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 12:22 pm: | 
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Hello,
I decided to return to the life my old Rolleicord I camera, but after testing speeds of its shutter I've understood that I have to make a CLA of it.
I partially disassembled the shutter, using the information from Rick Oleson's website of the disassembling the Synchro Compur shutter, but after removing the speeds gear set I noticed that other part of the shutter (with release lever etc.) is very dirty too. So I need to fully disassemble the shutter to clean everything.
Unfortunately I couldn't find the manuals of the full disasembling of this shutter. I see there are several small screws and hair-like springs, but I don't know what to unscrew first.
Any help will be appreciated!
BTW, I use Isopropyl Alcohol to clean the dirt inside the shutter. Is it correct choice, or I should use lighter fluid instead?
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Mndean
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Username: Mndean
Post Number: 282
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 12:44 pm: |
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lighter fluid is absolutely better. |
Br1078lum
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Username: Br1078lum
Post Number: 609
Registered: 11-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 06:18 pm: |
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I hope you are photographing each step you've taken so far, as it's a great resource when you start to reassemble the shutter.
I usually don't like to get this far in dismantling a shutter, but have on occasion done so, finding that the levers have gotten out of shape during their many years of use, and have to be bent back into position.
Check the levers to see if any just pull straight off, while being observant of any tension springs that are hooked around posts, or tied down with screws. A dental pick type tool is useful for unhooking the springs. It looks like, going in a clockwise manner, that if you take off the levers in that order you should be okay.
While alcohol is a solvent, it has a lot of water in it, so I tend to use it mainly for cleaning the outside plating of the camera. Naptha/lighter fluid is best on the shutter blades, escapements, and levers. But only after the parts have been removed.
The Synchro-Compur is one of the few shutters that actually needs some lubrication. If you haven't flood cleaned it, you'll see where it was done before. I use a synthetic called Super Lube, as it doesn't travel, and works in a wide range of temperatures. You can either get it from Micro Tools, or at the hardware store.
Hope you don't have to take the blades out, I hear they can be a bit fussy getting them back in. So far, I haven't had to do that yet on one of these.
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