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Ahantsch
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Registered: 01-2009

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Posted on Monday, March 30, 2009 - 08:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hi,

I got a Minolta hi-matic 9 which had a stuck shutter. I tried to clean the blades without disassemble but it didn't work.

I disassembled the shutter and cleaned the blades but realized I have 6 shutter blades instead of 5 (there are only 5 slots/pins) so my question is, how must I remount these 6 blades in just 5 slots?

The shutter is a Seiko FLA (I think it is the same to Minolta hi-matic 7, 7S and Olympus SP).
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Harryrag
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Registered: 05-2008

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Posted on Monday, March 30, 2009 - 11:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

The first and the last blade overlap, some people think the sixth blade is superfluous, cf this:
https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/yashicaminister.html
For sound info on shutter overhaul I can recommend Daniel Mitchell's site:
http://www.daniel.mitchell.name/cameras
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Ahantsch
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Posted on Monday, April 06, 2009 - 06:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Harryrag, I followed your instructions and the shutter now work very fine. Thanks a lot.

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