[Leica] Loose shutter release collar

[alaxsxaq at gmail.com (Glen Staufer)]

Thanks!  I'll try that and resort to a repair shop if I can't get it
to stay in place.  I was concerned that there might be a thin nut or
something beneath the collar that needed to be tightened first.
Hopefully the repair place tightened everything else correctly.

Glenn


On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:36:21 -0500, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> They are simply torqued-on.
> 
> If you have a rubber cork at home, use it to tighten the ring.  I find a
> 1 to 1.5 inch cork is large enough to hold onto and apply the needed
> friction.
> 
> But the proper flexi-clamp is the proper tool.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> regards,
> Vick
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> John Collier
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 5:29 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Loose shutter release collar
> 
> One of these would be great:
> 
> http://www.micro-tools.com/Merchant2/flexi.htm
> 
> And I am sure a local camera repair centre would have one. They are
> also ridiculously easy to make. DO NOT USE PLIERS!! Even if you wrap
> the collar up, it will mark.
> 
> John Collier
> 
> On Nov 7, 2004, at 3:23 PM, Glen Staufer wrote:
> 
> > I have an M6 that I bought through ebay in June.  Recently, I had to
> > send it back to the seller to get the frame counter repaired under his
> 
> > warranty.  Everything has been working fine except that I noticed that
> 
> > the wind lever seemed loose today.  Further inspection revealed that
> > the collar around the shutter release was loose.  Seems this holds the
> 
> > wind lever in place.  I hand-tightened it but that only held for a few
> 
> > frames.  I'd rather not go to the trouble of returning the camera
> > again if this is something I can tighten up myself.  Anyone familiar
> > with how things are assembled there and what I need to do to get the
> > collar to stay tight?
> 
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